As previously reported, Slo Down claims that while Nelly was “eating,” his band mates were "snacking” and barely getting paid for their services.

“I might Fawk around and get emotional talkin' about all how that money was getting' split up, Shyte was crazy…N*ggas was eatin' and I wasn't one of them n*ggas. I was snackin'… I was lunchin', havin' lunch every now and then, and n*ggas was eatin' four course meals and ain't have Shyte to do with Shyte.”

Nelly has decided to fire back via Twitter against the allegations claiming that Slo Down was paid for doing nothing.

"I wish I could have made ova a half a mill dollars for just wearing a mask on stage!!!!!loldammm," Nelly posted. "I hate ungratefulness pimp!u don't write!don't rap!!u don't even stay in the studio till the song is done!still make a halfmil"

In addition to squelching claims of short changing, Nelly also put a halt to rumors that he was leaving rap for radio.

“I'm leaving rap?” Nelly Tweeted. “Where did u get that from??lol”

But everything was not about clarity; Nelly took some time to promote his upcoming fitness DVD and even dropped a few behind the scenes pics for fans.

“On the set filming my fitness DVD!! Let's get it!!”

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Michael Johson, 36, described as being the St. Louis native's “left-hand man”, was shot multiple times outside of a home.

Occurring on Wednesday night, St. Louis county police responded and were brought to the home located on Nola, near North Hanley, around midnight.

Now under investigation, there have been no arrests in connection to the murder, but authorities are on the hunt for the suspect and obtain some type of motivation for such a fatal attack.  Currently, they are retracing Johnson's movements of the last 24 hours in order to find where he was and what could have led to the shooting.

As it relates to the ongoing search, the rapper has refused to comment on the incident involving one of his closest bodyguards.

Update: Nelly has since responded via Twitter about the shooting of his cousin:

"Contrary to some reports micheal johnson wasnt my bodyguard! he was my cuzzen and my friend!! I will always luv n miss u MJ!!!!!"

"Channel 2 stl don't Ever have 2worry about another interview from me or a stlunatic ever again!!  There not invited 2any of my functions!!   Why would you channel 2 mix me giving away scholarships 2students with the murder of my cuzzen after I told u I didn't want 2talk about it Ino its your right chnnel 2 but Y is it when a brother goes to do good they wanna make the bad the headline?thanx for the home town support

After watching channel 2's broadcast its clear to me about motives!my cuzzen deserved his own segment as well as the 2 deserving students!! I'm NEVER WATCHING CHANNEL 2 news in stl ever again!!! STLOUIS SPREAD THE WORD!!!"

It's not clear whether the St. Lunatic was at home at the time or if anything was taken.

Damn… It's getting hot in here.

In additional Nelly news, the St. Louis MC gave away two full college scholarships this past weekend to Lindenwood University.

Nelly is geared to release his sixth studio album and has further plans to have the project released by November. While in Vegas, two cuts from the album, “1,000 Stacks” and “Angel Eyes” had been performed by the rapper. So far an artist that he could potentially work with is Janet Jackson. Although the title is unknown, fans should expect to hear a new refreshing sound from the rapper.

In an era where album sales continue to dwindle and downloading continues to escalate, Nelly will have to come hard to capture fans once again.

After releasing the rather lackluster and soft tap album that was Brass Knuckles, the artist that once made hits such as “Ride With Me”, “E.I.”, “Air Force Ones” and “Dilemmas” has quite a dark tunnel to traverse if he ever wants to see the light that shined when he was on top of the Hip-Hop scene. One can blame it on album delays, but who can say that they really rocked with “Party People”?

Along with an upcoming solo disc, Nelly has also been in the studio with his group prepping a sophomore album to Free City which was released in 2001. Now that member City Spud has been released from prison it would only make sense for the upcoming rumored title to be City Free.

Most recently, the group has had to cope with the death of a friend that they tried to pull out of the streets. Ortega “Tega” Henderson died May 16 due to bullet wounds suffered from a shooting.

Back in February, the rapper had plans to launch a new variety show called “Nelly's Night in Vegas.” The program would focus on him performing a variety of antics. The show was set to have Dave Broome as the executive producer as well as “The Daily Show” co-creator Madeleine Smithberg. Think of it as a Jay Leno for the younger generation.

He has also continued to broaden his retail business. To add on to his clothing lines, Vokal and Apple Bottoms, Nelly has partnered with Romane Fragrances in order to launch an Apple Bottoms women's fragrance that should be hitting shelves in fall.

Let's just hope that Nelly can make a strong comeback. Maybe if he names the next one Desert Eagle, it will leave more of an impact than Brass Knuckles tried to.