Nelly sued by his former group the St. Lunatics for $50 million

Nelly will have to lawyer up because his former groupmates the St. Lunatics just sued him for $50 million, according to Billboard. Included in the suit are Ali, Murphy Lee, City Spud, and Kyjuan.

All of them are suing Nelly over his debut album, 2000's Country Grammar, and they're accusing him of copyright infringement, plus, non-paid royalties. Slo Down, another former group member, isn't included in the suit.

According to the men, Nelly never gave them credit for co-writing songs like "Steal the Show," “Thicky Thick Girl” and “Batter Up." They also accuse the rap star of promising to pay them but never following through.

"Every time plaintiffs confronted defendant Haynes would assure them as ‘friends' he would never prevent them from receiving the financial success they were entitled to,” reads the suit, which lists Nelly's birth name, Cornell Haynes. “Unfortunately, plaintiffs, reasonably believing that their friend and former band member would never steal credit for writing the original compositions, did not initially pursue any legal remedies."

Some may not be surprised that Ali is part of the suit since in 2021 he accused Nelly of abandoning him after getting signed.

"Fast forward, Universal Records signs Nelly, Nelly has his manager call me and he said, 'Nelly said he doesn’t need you to help him write," Ali stated in a now-deleted Instagram post. "So you need me to get you here, but now that you’re here I don’t need you anymore ... I ended up helping him write but got no credit! Wow! I got hustled. You live and you learn.”

Nelly later responded to Ali's claims on St. Louis' Wat Up Doe radio show by saying Ali isn't an original member of the group and joined later. He also accused him of missing a bunch of shows once he joined.

Nelly hasn't responded to the suit yet. Now, the question is will he settle or will this go to trial?