London:
Rapper Nelly, who has been goingthrough a rough patch in his career, says he is inspired bysinger Mariah Carey to make a successful comeback.
The 36-year-old singer is amazed by the way the40-year-old Carey constantly recovers from setbacks and wantsto use the negative comments of his critics to further fuelhis desire to achieve chart success again, reportsContactmusic.
"Look at Mariah Carey. She has a little break. Peoplelook at it like it's over. They have to throw dirt on her.Then all of a sudden, she's the biggest thing to hitthe stage again. Even bigger.
"You see what I'm saying, and I think that happens. Sowhen you look at it like that, you've got to apply yourself,"said the Dilemma hitmaker.
Nelly is hopeful of regaining his popularity althoughhe never matched the success of his first two albums,CountryGrammer in 2000 and Nellyville in 2002 I feel like, if people want to count me out - which Idon't know how you would count a guy out with 30 millionrecords sold - then OK, I'm going to use it to my advantage.
"And I just felt that, since you don't want toacknowledge me, or if you want to act like I don't exist thengood, don't check for me. But you will eventually hear from me- and it works better that way," added the singer.
The 36-year-old singer is amazed by the way the40-year-old Carey constantly recovers from setbacks and wantsto use the negative comments of his critics to further fuelhis desire to achieve chart success again, reportsContactmusic.
"Look at Mariah Carey. She has a little break. Peoplelook at it like it's over. They have to throw dirt on her.Then all of a sudden, she's the biggest thing to hitthe stage again. Even bigger.
"You see what I'm saying, and I think that happens. Sowhen you look at it like that, you've got to apply yourself,"said the Dilemma hitmaker.
Nelly is hopeful of regaining his popularity althoughhe never matched the success of his first two albums,CountryGrammer in 2000 and Nellyville in 2002 I feel like, if people want to count me out - which Idon't know how you would count a guy out with 30 millionrecords sold - then OK, I'm going to use it to my advantage.
"And I just felt that, since you don't want toacknowledge me, or if you want to act like I don't exist thengood, don't check for me. But you will eventually hear from me- and it works better that way," added the singer.
