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On Monday (October 11), St. Lunatics rapper Ali shared an old interview of Nelly crediting Ali for helping him take a different direction with his music,

Nelly exploded into superstardom with his 2000 Country Grammar album, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and remained there for five consecutive weeks. Subsequently, the album became the ninth Hip Hop album to earn a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). But none of it wouldve been possible without the St. Lunatics at least according to one of its members. On Monday (October 11), St. Lunatics rapper Ali shared an old interview of Nellycrediting Ali for helping him take a different direction with his music, a direction that led to unimaginable success. He also accused Nelly of sending another subliminal diss on Sunday (October 10) that read, Its called a career and in it you have ups and downssome never have ups themselves so technically they just never had a career. they just was apart of someone else. FACT!! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Poppa Leezy (@ali_stlunatic) But Ali begged to differ and took credit as the mastermind behind Nellys career He then noted Nellys country-inspired album, Heartland, has been met with dismal sales. The project arrived in September and landed at No. 7 on the Billboard Top County Albums chart with roughly 13,000 total album-equivalent units sold in its opening week, as reported by MRC Data. As Ali explained, Last night Nelly sent one of his subliminal disses towards me and my career. The Truth is ..Nelly = Ali = I wrote it & he said it and we sold 10,000,000 Go to his page .. do you notice that he hasnt said ANYTHING about that country album !!?? Well Ill tell you why 13,000 !!!! Wow , thats how many copies of that album he sold !! MY career was writing you a career. Smh to be continued (its all the most grand illusion ever pulled , and its all unraveling RIGHT NOW and hes mentally suffering trying to hide the secrets). now let me get ready to drop wisdom off at school !! A post shared by Poppa Leezy (@ali_stlunatic) Ali has made numerous allegations against Nellyin the past. In February, Ali claimed Nelly hustled the entire group to which he replied, When they said the Lunatics was doing all the legwork and talent shows and all of that, that was us. He didnt do that. When we was going around town making a name for ourselves, doing the car wash, performing at the talent shows at that was us, that wasnt Ali. Ali did not perform with us. Either he thought he was too good or he didnt perform with us. Just factuals. Actual factuals. Read more