Ever since the kid from the “Bridge” dropped one of the most acclaimed hip-hop albums of all time, “Illmatic,” with the ...

On Friday (Dec. 12), hip-hop fans were gifted with an album 30 years in the making (and waiting): a collaborative album between hip-hop legends, rapper Nas and producer DJ Premier titled “Light-Years.

Even when he was too young to have one, Nas was fixated on the past. His breakout moment, the starmaking first verse from ...

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This summer, the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop icon Nas will become the first nationally renowned rap artist to perform with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in the organization’s 109-year history.

Nas and Hit-Boy are concluding their streak of collaborative albums with the release of Magic 3. The project, which arrived this evening to celebrate the rapper's birthday, marks the pair's sixth ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Nas released his sixth studio album, God’s Son, in 2002. This may be Nas’ most emotional album, coming at a rough time. With the passing of his mother and his bout with ...

On this date in 1999, Queensbridge icon Nas released his fourth full length studio album Nastradamus on the Ill Will and Columbia imprint. Originally intended as the second half of the planned double ...

Since debuting in 1991 with a feature on Main Source's "Live at the Barbeque," Nas has been intent on amplifying New York hip-hop. His first full-length album, Illmatic, was an evolution in hip-hop ...

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