Nelly<\/a> has denied that he was in the running for the 2007 Flo Rida<\/a> and T-Pain<\/a> hit song “Low.”<\/p>\n The song, which skyrocketed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, remaining at the No. 1 spot for 10 weeks, features a reference to the Nelly-owned women’s brand Apple Bottom Jeans.<\/p>\n For a dose of 2000s nostalgia, Nelly has just remixed “Low” for his new Apple Bubly Jeans, where the hook is replaced with “Shawty had them Apple Bubly Jeans.”<\/p>\n COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what’s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n “Shout out to Flo and T-Pain, two great people, great artists. They killed it, man,” said the three-time Grammy winner in a new People<\/em><\/a> interview. “Certain things happen organically, and that song [was] organic because we were having the type of success that we were having with Apple Bottoms at the time.”<\/p>\n Since “Low” referenced Apple Bottom Jeans, and Nelly and Flo Rida had a similar pop rap style, it raised the question of why the St. Louis rapper wasn’t on the original song. Then in a 2022 episode<\/a> of Joe Budden<\/a>‘s former show Pull Up<\/em>, T-Pain claimed that “Low” was rejected by Nelly and Paul Wall<\/a> before going to Flo Rida.<\/p>\n “I did the hook to ‘Low’ and ‘Shawty’ in the same night,” T-Pain told Budden, adding that the “Low” demo was sent to “a bunch of fucking people.”<\/p>\n “Paul Wall had ‘Low’ first, but he did it and it was dope version of it, but Atlanta [Records] didn’t like it, and then they gave it to Nelly because he had the Apple Bottoms franchise,” T-Pain added. “Nelly said it was corny.”<\/p>\n But three years later, Nelly has denied that the song was brought to him. “T-Pain lying, man. I ain’t never heard that song,” he told People<\/em>. “But everything happens for a reason. You know what I mean? We don’t know what the song would’ve been if I did it.”<\/p>\n Apple Bubly Jeans is Nelly’s latest venture since relaunching his clothing brand in 2024 after a 15-year hiatus, which was shown on his Peacock reality show with Ashanti, We Belong Together<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n ComplexCon returns to Las Vegas on October 25\u201326, 2025, with over 300 brands and live performances by Young Thug, YEAT & Friends, Peso Pluma, Central Cee, Ken Carson, and more.\u00a0Get your tickets now<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/a> Nelly Slams Kamala Harris Fans, Calls Her Out For Marrying a White Man<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ,<\/p>\n <\/a> Ashanti’s Mom Was Shocked to Learn Nelly Was Performing at Trump’s Inauguration<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ,<\/p>\n <\/a> Nelly and Ashanti Say They \u2018Hated\u2019 Each Other Before Getting Back Together<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Diddy Opens Jay Electronica\u2019s Surprise New ‘Leaflets’ Album: \u2018Hip-Hop Is in a Dangerous Place\u2019<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Curtis Daniel III Reflects on PatchWerk Recording Studios\u2019 Impact and 30-Year Legacy<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\nRelated News<\/h3>\n
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