RAPPER Nelly has been arrested and booked for drug possession after getting pulled over before dawn on Wednesday.
The Hot in Herre singer was seen with glassy eyes in his mugshot and appeared to have a slight smile on his face.
According to arrest records, Nelly, 49, was arrested in Maryland Heights, Missouri, a suburb outside St. Louis.
He was cited for possession of four ecstasy pills and having no insurance.
The Grillz rapper was pulled over by the Maryland Heights Police Department early Wednesday morning and was taken into custody around 4:45 am.
Nelly, full name Cornell Haynes II, has since been released.
In his mugshot first obtained by TMZ, the rap music star wore a white T-shirt underneath a black hooded sweatshirt.
The U.S. Sun has contacted reps for Nelly and the Maryland Heights Police Department for comment.
This isn’t the first time Nelly has gotten into legal trouble.
In 2018, Monique Green came forward and claimed that Nelly allegedly sexually assaulted her on his tour bus in Seattle, Washington in 2017.
Nelly argued that it was consensual but was later arrested due to suspicion of rape.
Her case was dropped after she refused to testify in court and didn’t file any charges.
Monique went on to sue Nelly after they dropped her case, which caused Nelly to countersue.
However, both parties dropped the cases.
In 2019, a woman came forward and claimed that Nelly masturbated in front of her multiple times after a concert in England in 2017.
Nelly denied the accusations as he went under criminal investigation.
After the woman refused to testify in court, the case against Nelly was dropped by U.K. prosecutors.
Despite his legal past, Nelly is expecting a baby with his wife singer Ashanti.
Back in April, Ashanti posted a video on her Instagram profile with the caption, “Baby baby baby baby….”
The clip showed the Foolish singer preparing to hit the stage as her mom asked her how long it was until showtime.
Ashanti walked out behind a curtain to show her mom a positive pregnancy test and revealed, “About nine months.”
The video also seemed to promote the at-home fertility test brand, Proov.
This will be Nelly’s fifth child and Ashanti’s first.
Nelly is a father to a daughter named Chanelle and a son Cornell Jr. with his ex Channetta Valentine.
He is the adopted father of his late sister Jackie Donahue’s kids Shawn and Sydney.
Jackie died in 2005 from leukemia.
Also in April, Ashanti revealed that she and Nelly were engaged, but no ceremony date was known.
Two months later, it was reported that the couple got married in a secret ceremony.
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