Nelson’s musical influences include his late mother, Joyce Brown Nelson, and other legendary singers/songwriters/artists such as Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Luther Vandross, The Isley Brothers, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Grant Green, Andrae Crouch, James Cleveland, Mahalia Jackson, Shirley Caesar, The Hawkins Family, The Mississippi Mass Choir, etc.