Introduction :

Chanelle Haynes aka Nana, is a social media figure, more well-known as the daughter of hip hop rapper, mogul and actor Cornell Nelly Haynes Jr., a,k.a. Nelly. She is a budding singer and songwriter and stars in the reality TV show Nellyville.

Young Life and Family Details :

• Born two months premature on 27th February 1994, Chanelle Haynes is rapper Nelly’s first child.
• Both dad and daughter are very close and often think of each other as their best friend.
• In her Instagram post for Father’s Day, Chanelle dedicated a post to Nelly saying how she was “daddy’s girl” since day 1 and how much he had done for her.
• When asked in an interview whether, as a single father, he had the “sex talk” with his daughter, Nelly replied, “”It is a double standard when it comes to boys and girls, You know, little boys around my daughters…I’m a proud member of the N.R.A.”
• Chanelle has a younger brother named Cornell III nicknamed Tre. Together with Nelly, they live with her late aunt’s children, Tab and Sydney (nickname Stink).
• Tab wants to follow in Nelly’s footsteps to be a hip hop star while Sydney aspired to be a model and Chanelle’s social media account shows her support for her cousin.

Education and Ambitions :

• Chanel Haynes has ambitions to be a dancer and it was Nelly who persuaded her to pursue a business degree. She attended the Columbia College in Chicago.
• She goes by the name of Nana, but uses different names or handles for her creative work. For her singing, she uses names like Chanelle Valentine Haynes or Nellelove.

Nellyville : Acting Career and Net Worth

• Chanelle stars in Nellyville with the rest of the family.
• The show started in 2014, giving viewers an inside look as Nelly raised four kids as a single father. It shows moments such as when Sydney a.k.a Stink graduates and takes her first catwalk or the family making a surprise family portrait.
• It also highlights serious issues like the cousins talking about the loss of their mother or Nelly being arrested.
• In the show, Chanelle is shown as an aspiring singer-songwriter. One of the highlights was Nelly setting up some time for Chanelle to work with songwriter Marsha Ambrosius who has worked with some of the best artists in the industry. Nelly had arranged for Chanelle to fly to Los Angeles to work with Marsha.

Tragedy : The death of her boyfriend, Mario

• Chanelle’s boyfriend, Mario a.k.a Rio was gunned down in front of her and died from the fatal shooting.
• Chanelle described the day it happened. “We were at this park, when everything broke out, I got to running towards the crowd because I’m looking for my little brother. Gunshots went off, and I just remember this one girl that came up to me and said, ’It’s Mario,’ and I just looked down and saw him.”
• She grieved for a long time, posting photos of Rio on her Instagram account and writing raw, heartbreaking posts to process her loss and pain.
• She pleaded for Rio to come back and that she was on her way over. She once wrote, “Let’s play fight. Let’s watch Martin. Let’s take Elijah back to the zoo. Let’s sit in your basement and talk shit. Let’s stand outside in my car for hours and let me preach to you. let me tell u again over and over how this ain’t for you”.

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