ENTERTAINMENT
July 27, 2001 | ROGER CATLIN, HARTFORD COURANT
It was just a year ago the country got hip to Nelly, the droopy-drawer St. Louis rapper who combined childhood rhymes with sharp beats for an international hit called "Country Grammar." Today, Nelly is everywhere. After sales of 6 million copies, his debut album, "Country Grammar," is still in the Top 25, spinning out singles such as the recent No. 3, "Ride Wit Me." At the same time, he's part of Jagged Edge's rising single "Where the Party At." And the first album by his group St.