Local rap superstar Nelly drew nearly 6,300 fans to his weekend concert at Arkansas State University despite well-publicized calls for a boycott by area ministers.
Officials said no protesters were in evidence as Nelly took the stage last Saturday. A group of 20 Jonesboro ministers had complained that Nelly’s songs refer to drugs, sex and violence and called on people to tear up their tickets.
During a March 1 rally, the Rev. Adrian Rodgers of the Fullness of Joy Church said, “Jonesboro is a wonderful city because of what does not come here.”
The 30-year-old rapper returns to St. Louis on April 3 to continue the Sweat Suit Tour with the St. Lunatics, TI, Fat Joe and Keysha Cole.