Nelly's Gems Nabbed
E! Online, Oct 28, 2003 5:00 pm PSTNelly
lost big in Las Vegas this week when more than $1 million in jewels was
stolen from his hotel room while he was in town for the 2003 Radio Music
Awards, authorities confirmed Tuesday.
The rapper (real name: Cornell Haynes) claims the bling-bling went missing from his hotel room at the Aladdin hotel-casino on Monday while he was attending the awards show.
Michelle Branch, another guest at the Aladdin, also reported her hotel room robbed of computer equipment.
Authorities, whose investigation is ongoing, said the break-ins were reported at 8:50 p.m. on Monday. No suspects have been named.
Nelly had better luck at the Radio Music Awards, which honors the most played songs on radio. "Shake Your Tailfeather," featuring Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee, won the award for Best Driving Song.
Branch was a performer at the ceremony, which was broadcast live on NBC. Other performers included Beyonc, who opened the show with her single, "Baby Boy," as well as Jewel and Avril Lavigne .
Other winners included Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who received the Legend Award. On hand to present the honor was Stevie Nicks , who called the musician "my greatest musical influence."
50 Cent took home the award for Artist of the Year/Hip Hop Radio, Justin Timberlake for Artist of the Year/Top 40 Radio Award and Tim McGraw for Artist of the Year/Country Radio. Michael Jackson received the Humanitarian Award while Casey Kasem received the Radio Icon Award.
The two-hour broadcast--which also featured the world premiere of Michael Jackson's long-delayed benefit song "What More Can I Give?"--was hosted by American Idol's Ryan Seacrest and Brooke Burns of NBC's Dog Eat Dog.More Artist News
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