Why does hip-hop star Nelly have a piece of tape on his cheek? What does it represent?

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I just found out an answer to my own question. I thought I would post it here for those interested: Nelly's brother is in jail (don't know why) and the tape on Nelly's face is a shout-out (a holla, if you will) to the brother to let him know he's not forgotten. Dec 25 02, 10:46 PM

Brainy Blonde

When we caught up with the rapper, he shared that the Band-Aid craze was started out of necessity following a basketball injury. Nelly also shared that the Band-Aid also has a special meaning: "Like I said, it's just another beautiful thing that you see that you touch a lot of people, man, you know? I also wear a lot of times when I'm doing national press or something like that, to where I think my little brother City Spud might see it, you know what I'm sayin', 'cause you know he lockdown right now. So I do it to where, you know what I'm sayin', to let him know that we holding it down for him, too, also." http://www.expage.com/musictopianews Ever wonder about that Band-Aid Nelly's been sporting on his left cheek lately? Well, we did some snooping and finally found out why Nelly insists on that wack fashion accessory. At first, Nelly wore the Band-Aid to cover up a basketball injury. But according to Entertainment Weekly, after that scar healed, Nelly kept wearing it in honor of ex St. Lunatic Lavell Webb (a.k.a. City Spud), who collaborated with Nelly on his hit song 'Ride Wit Me'. Nelly says that Webb, who is serving a 10-year sentence for robbery, is innocent. 'I know when he sees me on TV and sees me wearing this Band-Aid, he knows I'm wearing it for him,' said Nelly. That sounds loony even for a St. Lunatic. http://appjava.alloy.com/gossipnew/Gossip.jsp?articleID=577 Dec 26 02, 10:16 AM

MonkeyOnALeash

Its a Band-Aid. "The hip-hop star's Band-Aid featured throughout the video for his 2002 duet 'Dilemma' with Kelly Rowland. Nelly now admits he was quick to ditch the look when it became a hot topic in media circles. The rapper also insists the band aid was never meant as a fashion accessory - it was merely a symbol of friendship to an imprisoned pal. He says, "I used to wear it for my friend City Spud, who's in jail. The idea was that when he saw me on TV or whatever he'd know I was thinking about him. "But I had to take it off because it was becoming more of a story than I really wanted it to. It was becoming bigger than me. Everybody's asking about the Band-Aid and I'm like, 'It's just a fricking Band-Aid. I tell you what, I'll just take it off.'" http://au.launch.yahoo.com/050106/10/2vgh.html Jun 12 07, 7:29 PM