Nelly Looks to Work With Bruce Springsteen  5/16/07

Rapper Nelly is branching out of hip-hop and collaborating with Bruce Springsteen - if he can convince the Streets of Philadelphia star to join him in the studio.

The Hot In Herre hit maker is reportedly keen on the idea of working with Springsteen, after his Over and Over duet with country star Tim McGraw became a huge crossover hit in 2004.

Nelly's producer friend Jermaine Dupri tells MTV, "I think he's doing a record with Bruce Springsteen. You know he always has to do one of those!

"My two records (that I've produced for Nelly), he's gonna have some people on them - I won't tell it yet. I don't want to jinx the record."