# What's up with Nellys Face?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-nellys-face/146293>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 2, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-nellys-face/146293 "2003-01-02T22:31:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-nellys-face/146293/1 "2003-01-02T22:31:54Z")

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I’m not really into Rap but I do like Nelly. He’s got a very unique voice but every time I see the guy I wonder what he has on his cheek. What the heck is it and why is it there?

Slee

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**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-nellys-face/146293/2 "2003-01-02T22:36:23Z")

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I have no idea but it looks like some stupid trademark band-aid or something and it makes him look fucking ridiculous.

I hate Nelly.

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**Author:** ![Wordy\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@Wordy\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wordy_One)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-nellys-face/146293/3 "2003-01-02T22:54:03Z")

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It’s a bandage. He wore it once when he had a scratch or a boil or something, but now he wears it as a “shout-out” to a friend of his in prison.

Yes, I do watch too much MTV.

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**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-nellys-face/146293/4 "2003-01-03T03:22:23Z")

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Yeah, he got got a cut his face and put a band-aid over the wound. When he went out in public with it on though, people thought he was making a fashion statement, so they started doing it too. It became a ‘trend’ so he just left it on. (probably not the same one, but, you know…)