Nelly x ESPN. St. Louis native Nelly will soon be trading in the concert microphone for the broadcast microphone as ESPN has hired him on as news reporter for their print ESPN Magazine. Nelly will be interviewing athletes at the 6th Annual ESPN Next event in Miami this February right before the Super Bowl.

The NEXT event highlights tomorrow’s top athletes from around the globe and Nelly will be right their mic in hand to get the dirt. According to AHH, Nelly will interview the celebrities from a 25,000 square foot “tricked out interview tent” that was customized by sponsor, Samsung.