Popular US Rapper, Nelly Arrested For Rape.

Popular US rapper, Cornell Iral Haynes Jr popularly known as Nelly, has reportedly been arrested for raping a woman..

According to TMZ, the 42 year old allegedly ra-ped the woman while on the rapper’s tour bus in Washington.

Nelly is currently on tour with Florida Georgia Line and they are due to perform a concert on Saturday night in Ridgefield, Washington.

The alleged rape occurred Saturday morning at around 3.45am.

Nelly was reportedly arrested on on second degree rape charges on Saturday morning at around 7am.

The US gossip website claims that he is still in police custody.