Nas

Over the past weekend at Coachella Music Festival, Nas hosted an after party at Details at midnight. There, the crowd got an amazing gift when the legendary MC performed "It Ain’t Hard To Tell" a single off the hip-hop classic, Illmatic. Here is the fo...

Nas was the first artist to appear on Mass Appeal in 2002. 11 years later, Nas is an owner of the magazine. During an interview with Forbes, the Queens rapper revealed he invested a “six-figure” sum in Mass Appeal, which recently lifted its five-year hiatus from print with Earl Sweatshirt and Blake Anderson on their latest issue. Nas wil...

As we roll out our annual Top Ten Freshman List for 2013, XXL decided to take a look back 20 years to weigh in on who would have been the members of the Freshman Class in the year 1993. All decisions were based on our current Freshman guidelines, meaning entire groups and artists who had released their debut albums prior to the list date were excluded. The y...

On this day, March 22nd, in hip-hop history... 1994: Main Source released its final studio album Fuck What You Think before breaking up. Main Source is perhaps best known for its '91 debut Breaking Atoms, which featured Nas's first appearance on a record with "Live From the BBQ." Ho...

On this day, March 21st, in hip-hop history... 1966: DJ Premier celebrates his 47th birthday today. Born in Houston, TX, Premier is widely considered one of hip-hop's best and most prolific producers and DJs. His career began in 1989 alongside Boston-born emcee Guru in the group Gang Starr...

This past week has been dominated with headlines surrounding the news of Lil Wayne's most recent seizures. While the YMCMB impresario has since reportedly been released from the hospital and has fully recovered from his medical crisis, Weezy isn't the only emcee to have endured a medical emergency...

Nas' former partner-in-rhyme and Firm member AZ has been popping up over the last few years with new singles and tapes, and today he lets go an extended freestyle over several beats of DJ Doo Wop's choosing. Dude can definitely still go in, and ride over a funky mix of production...

Nas, along with Somalia-born K’naan, are selected to represent their generation and art at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The center is a memorial to President John F. Kennedy and highlights art forms such as opera, ballet and theater. On T...

Jay-Z, Kanye West, Frank Ocean and The-Dream won the GRAMMY for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "No Church in the Wild." It was Jay-Z's and Mr. West's third GRAMMY of the night increasing their all-time count to 17 and 21, respectively...

Jay-Z and Kanye West won their second GRAMMY of the night during the pre-telecast for "Ni**as in Paris" for Best Rap Song. "The Mott0" by Drake was an early favorite to win the prize, especially since Drake won the GRAMMY for Best Rap Album. " ...

Jay-Z and Kanye West edged out Drake and Lil Wayne ("HYFR"), Nas ("Daughters"), Kanye again with Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz ("Mercy") and Young Jeezy with Jay-Z and Andre 3000 ("I Do") to win the GRAMMY for the Best Rap Performance for "Ni**as in Paris." The...