Nelly was robbed for his jewelry valued over 1 million dollars at the Aladdin hotel-casino in Las Vegas, NV on October 27th, 2003. The artist was in Las Vegas for the 2003 Radio Music Awards. The room in the hotel where Nelly was staying in was burglarized. The theft was reported to police around 9:00 PM on Monday and the incident was being investigated.

In the recent months, various rappers have had issues with their jewelry. Recently, Big V of the group Nappy Roots lost almost $20,000 worth of jewelry. Trina was robbed of over $300,000 when a man posing as her manager entered her hotel room in Greensville, NC. And, Lil Kim lost, but recovered a necklace worth 250,000 in June.