Nelly owes the IRS a very large sum of money and fans want to help him pay off his debt! How? By streaming “Hot in Herre” oh, about 280 million times.

Wait… What?

That’s right! TMZ says Nelly owes the government a ridiculous amount ($2.4 million) and Spin magazine immediately devised a plan to help us help Nelly. Spin writer Brian Josephs says that if fans stream “Hot in Herre” approximately 287,176,547 times via online streaming service Spotify the rapper would receive a large payout.

According to Spotify, artists are paid between $0.006 and $0.0084 per stream.

#SaveNelly is now trending as fans band together to stream Nelly’s music over and over and over…

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