In conjunction with the 20-year anniversary of Nas's career, XXL looks back at his countless contributions to hip-hop and the rappers who've followed in his footsteps...
Heralded for his work with Little Brother and The Foreign Exchange, Phonte releases his solo offering, Charity Starts At Home, displaying why he's become such a respected MC through the years...
The Detroit emcee goes in depth about what he says is one of his favorite verses that he's ever penned, where he flipped a classic from Nas's Illmatic...
The rapper, whose mixtape became a trending topic on Twitter after exclusively releasing it through XXL, says he almost scrapped Elmatic when Fashawn came out with his Nas tribute last year...