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Nelly: M'sians can't speak English - 0 views

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  • "Thank you, Malaysia. All 30,000 of you! Amazing when you do a show and 50% of the crowd can't even speak English but they can sing every word! Winning!" the singer, born Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. wrote on his Twitter account on Sunday.
  • "Wow, no wonder. Was just told that Malaysia's second language is English! My apologies, no disrespect to a beautiful country! Incredible show!"
  • While some of his followers have tweeted that English is a benchmark of intelligence and knowledge, the 36-year-old from St. Louis, Missouri, strongly believes otherwise. "I know plenty of folks in my country that can speak English all day but can't spell it and are as dumb as a BOX OF ROCKS! HOW is that disrespect?
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  • "Language is not a meter of intelligence, it's only a tool of communication! Take pride in your heritage and not ANOTHER COUNTRY'S LANGUAGE!" he wrote.
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Malaysians offended with rapper Nelly's tweet: "50% of the crowd can't even speak English" - 0 views

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    Rapper's tweet sparked debate in the Twitter-verse after his performance at 'Suara Kami' - but was he misinterpreted?
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