Nelly is known to mess around in the country music field after his big hit with Tim McGraw called “Over and Over”. Now Nelly has decided to revisit the country music scene by making a country project in a time where country artist are more open minded to hip-hop. When speaking with Billboard Nelly’s manager said “He’s a free agent on the label side now, and is working on a country-based Heartland EP, which should be really interesting. He may be one of the first hip-hop artists to jump into that space in an authentic way with Florida Georgia Line and Tim McGraw, so we think he has an opportunity to grow that base even more.” Nelly has separated from Universal so this project will be independent it seems but it will be interesting to see how this turns out for Nelly.