Now, they are being taken to task by their peers in the music industry, with Janelle Monáe specifically calling out Nelly in a post-Grammys freestyle. When she was given the beat to Nelly’s 2002 hit “Hot In Herre” to rap over, she obliged, but used the opportunity to criticize the St. Louis native for selling out.

"Doing things extra-large or over the top doesn't feel right," the singer-songwriter and actress' stylist Alexandra Mandelkorn says.