“Hot in Herre” rapper Nelly is no longer feeling the heat from Missouri prosecutors three months after he was arrested on suspicion of possession of ecstasy.

The Times confirmed Wednesday that the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will not charge the Grammy-winning musician. “We don’t believe the facts in this case warrant the issuing of charges,” a spokesperson told The Times in a statement.

A legal representative for Nelly (real name Cornell Iral Haynes Jr.) did not immediately respond to The Times’ request for comment.

The 50-year-old rapper, also known for hits “Dilemma” and “Ride Wit Me,” was arrested Aug. 7 in his home state at a St. Louis-area casino where he was allegedly carrying four ecstasy pills. He was held and released by police in Maryland Heights, a city northwest of St. Louis. At the time, the Missouri State Highway Patrol database also listed a citation for operating a vehicle without proper proof of insurance. Nelly initially received this citation in June 2018 in Maryland Heights. A judge issued a warrant in December 2023, and it remained outstanding.

Attorney Scott Rosenblum said in August that his client had won several casino jackpots and when he sought to collect them, the officer who would have supervised the transaction “needlessly” ran a search for warrants.

Once the officer found the outstanding warrant, he cuffed Nelly’s hands behind his back and, Rosenblum said, “felt compelled” to “parade him through the casino in front of other customers.” He also alleged at the time that the officer had no probable cause to justify the search and expressed confidence that the case would “go nowhere.”

Nelly dodged the charges a little less than three months after he and singer Ashanti welcomed a baby boy, Kareem Kenkaide. After dating on and off for 11 years and then splitting in 2013, the “Body on Me” collaborators rekindled their romance in September 2023.

The musicians secretly married in December 2023, according to a Missouri database.

“I’ve been waiting to be a mom for a long time now but nothing could prepare me for EVERYTHING motherhood brings!” Ashanti wrote in August on Instagram, adding, “I’m so proud of my body for giving me my baby, baby, baby, baby, boy.”

Nelly shares two grown children — Chanelle and Cornell Haynes III — with ex-girlfriend Channetta Valentine. He also adopted his late sister Jackie’s two children after she died of leukemia in 2005.

“Having kids is always a blessing and seeing how dope Ashanti is as a mother is awesome,” he said in a statement shared with The Times in August.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The Missouri high school football playoffs continue this week with the district championships in most classifications.

Stick with High School on SI for all of the matchups, game times and scores throughout the 2024 MHSAA football playoffs.

Here are the Missouri high school football playoff brackets, with matchups and game times from every MHSAA classification:

St. Vincent vs. Van-Far

1 p.m. Saturday

Crystal City vs. Charleston

7 p.m. Friday

Marionville vs. Pierce City

7 p.m. Friday

Adrian vs. Ash Grove

7 p.m. Friday

Tipton vs. Salisbury

7 p.m. Friday

Westran vs. Harrisburg

7 p.m. Friday

Penney vs. West Platte

7 p.m. Friday

North Platte vs. Putnam County

7 p.m. Friday

Valle Catholic vs. Caruthersville

7 p.m. Friday

Hermann vs. Bowling Green

7 p.m. Friday

Warsaw vs. Lamar

7 p.m. Friday

Pembroke Hill vs. KIPP KC Legacy High School

7 p.m. Friday

Lafayette County vs. Father Tolton

7 p.m. Friday

Fair Grove vs. Liberty

7 p.m. Friday

South Shelby vs. Monroe City

7 p.m. Friday

Brookfield vs. Mid-Buchanan

7 p.m. Friday

Dexter vs. Ste. Genevieve

7 p.m. Friday

Lift for Life Academy vs. Burroughs

1 p.m. Saturday

Strafford vs. Mt. Vernon

7 p.m. Friday

Seneca vs. Forsyth

7 p.m. Friday

Hallsville vs. Moberly

7 p.m. Friday

Blair Oaks vs. Boonville

7 p.m. Friday

Odessa vs. Oak Grove

7 p.m. Friday

Cameron vs. Maryville

7 p.m. Friday

Festus vs. Perryville

7 p.m. Friday

Gateway Tech vs. Pacific

7 p.m. Friday

Warrenton vs. Hannibal

7 p.m. Friday

West Plains vs. Bolivar

7 p.m. Friday

Lutheran North vs. Miller Career Academy

6 p.m. Friday

Parkway North vs. Orchard Farm

6 p.m. Friday

Pleasant Hill vs. Warrensburg

7 p.m. Friday

Kearney vs. Savannah

7 p.m. Friday

Cardinal Ritter College Prep vs. Central

7 p.m. Friday

Washington vs. Lafayette

7 p.m. Friday

Helias vs. Lebanon

7 p.m. Friday

Branson vs. Republic

7 p.m. Friday

Hazelwood East vs. MICDS

6 p.m. Friday

Fort Zumwalt West vs. North Point

7 p.m. Friday

Carthage vs. Webb City

7 p.m. Friday

Platte County vs. St. Pius X

7 p.m. Friday

Seckman vs. Jackson

7 p.m. Friday

Christian Brothers vs. Kirkwood

6 p.m. Friday

Nixa vs. Joplin

7 p.m. Friday

Lee’s Summit North vs. Lee’s Summit

7 p.m. Friday

DeSmet Jesuit vs. St. Louis University

7 p.m. Friday

Troy-Buchanan vs. Rock Bridge

7 p.m. Friday

Blue Springs South vs. Liberty

7 p.m. Friday

Park Hill vs. Oak Park

7 p.m. Friday

Greenfield vs. Lockwood/Golden City

7 p.m. Friday

Archie vs. Appleton/Montrose

7 p.m. Friday

Bishop LeBlond vs. Plattsburg

7 p.m. Friday

Rock Port vs. West Nodaway

7 p.m. Friday

Concordia vs. Slater

7 p.m. Friday

Wellington-Napoleon vs. Braymer/Breckenridge

7 p.m. Friday

Albany vs. Worth County/Northeast Nodaway

7 p.m. Friday

North Shelby vs. Paris

7 p.m. Friday

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Hours apart in the same month of October, the residences of Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were burglarized. One burglary happened at Mahomes’ estate in Belton, Missouri, and the other at Kelce’s home in Leawood, Kansas. The houses are only about 20 minutes from each other in the Kansas City metro area. Authorities said around $20,000 in cash was stolen from Kelce’s home. Officials did not say what was taken from Mahomes’ house.
Although Mahomes and Kelce live in manors, police believe the south Kansas City burglaries are part of a larger crime wave. Mahomes was gone at the time of the burglary, and Kelce wasn’t home because the Chiefs were playing the New Orleans Saints in a home game.

Both Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce’s homes were burglarized in October

Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce’s homes were burglarized last month, but the Kansas City Chiefs players were out because the family members or even friends were not present as witnesses. According to a report from TMZ Sports, it is presented by documents of the Cass County Sheriff’s Office how Patrick Mahomes’s house in Belton, Missouri, was burgled at around midnight on October 6 while Travis Kelce’s mansion in Leawood, Kansas, was broken into just hours later on October 8.
Mahomes and Kelce were playing against the New Orleans Saints at Arrowhead Stadium when the burglary occurred. Authorities say the break-ins are under investigation, but sources claim they may just be small parts of a greater crime spree. Neither Mahomes nor Kelce has publicly spoken about the issue but could soon. Brittany Mahomes and Taylor Swift have not published any statements as well.
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Patrick and Brittany purchased eight acres of land in September 2020 and built their current home there. “Finally we’re gonna have a home that we built,” Brittany said of the mansion in the 2023 Netflix docuseries Quarterback, per Architectural Digest, and has everything we could have ever dreamed of having.” Patrick stated in the series that he made the decision to purchase the land upon signing his contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. “I knew I wanted to be here [in Kansas City],” he continued. “So when I did that, I was like, ‘I’mma be here, I might as well build the exact house I want.’”
Kelce, 34, purchased his Leawood home in October 2023, shortly after dating Swift, due to insufficient privacy from the media. Kelce and girlfriend Taylor Swift stayed in a hotel that night after learning about the burglary, according to TMZ.