Nelly — Juicy Fest, Melbourne, 2023

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Why this recording

On January 15, 2023, Juicy Fest set up at Melbourne's Coburg Velodrome for its first Australian run, a festival built around the hip-hop and R&B headliners of the 2000s: Ja Rule, Ne-Yo, Bow Wow, Xzibit, Chingy and Mya shared the bill with Nelly. The Brisbane and Sydney legs had taken place on January 13 and 14. The video, just over an hour long, comes from an aggregator channel rather than an official broadcaster. It documents Nelly's place on this revival circuit built on the memory of a generation of hits.

— Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue

Recording technical sheet

Rights-holding channelBehind The Prestige
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ResolutionHD (720p+)

Metadata checked on YouTube on 29 September 2026.

Published on August 23, 2026 by

Recorded at Juicy Fest in Melbourne in 2023, during his Australian tour, this filmed live concert presents American rapper Nelly. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, revealed in the early 2000s with the album “Country Grammar,” Nelly marked the golden age of mainstream hip-hop by fusing rap, pop melodies and R&B accents. On the festival stage, before a won-over crowd, he runs through his global hits — from “Hot in Herre” to “Dilemma” and “Ride wit Me” — in a slick, energetic and unifying show. The recording conveys the constant interaction with the audience and the punch of choruses that have become 2000s classics. This roughly one-hour full concert is a reminder of why Nelly has sold tens of millions of records and remains a reliable festival draw. For lovers of hip-hop and pop-rap, this 2023 live set is a dive into an instantly recognisable repertoire, carried by an artist who has mastered the art of large-scale popular entertainment.

Personnel & credits

  • Nelly — rap
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What to watch next

Neither Nelly nor Juicy Fest, Melbourne appears elsewhere in the catalogue: what follows rests on the ground itself, Hip-hop from the 2020s.