Nelly
Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. was a star shortstop in high school, earning MVP honors in the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association All-Star Game. He got scouted by the Pirates and the hometown Cardinals. “I went to a lot of different camps and stuff like that. Every team brings a camp or two to your city every year,” the rapper told ESPN. “A lot of times they send letters out to people they want to monitor.”