Nelly Saves Eight Lives  9/29/06

Nelly has saved the lives of eight leukemia sufferers through his non-profit foundation Jes Us 4 Jackie.

The Missouri rapper set up the charity after his sister Jackie Donahue was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia in March 2001. The organization aims to raise the awareness about the disease and had sought a possible bone marrow donor for Donahue, who sadly passed away in March last year (05).

So far, Jes Us 4 Jackie has found matches for several children and adults suffering from leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells, which are highest amongst African-Americans.

Nelly tells AllHipHop, "We are still pushing. We've been able to find eight different matches and we were able to save eight different lives.

"You can say what you want about Nelly, but Nelly has saved eight different lives and I don't know anybody that's done that."