(GEMS RADIO)---Nas and DJ Premier, two legends in hip hop, have finally announced a joint album together. The first single "Define My Name" sees Nas rap: “At 20, I said I’d better quit by 30/ Then by 30, I thought by 40 rapping is corny/ How wrong was I?/ Never would have thought at 50, new songs by Nas would be hard and live.” Nas and Premier's relationship extends back […]
(GEMS RADIO)----Notorious B.I.G. fans are split over the rapper's cover of Nas' "New York State of Mind" but in Artificial Intelligence. “Cant believe i just listened 5 minutes of biggie rapping ny state of mind,” one person wrote in the comments of the viral TikTok shared last Friday (April 28). “AI just confirming that everything sounds better when it’s rapped by Biggie,” another person said. “Also, this is mental.” Others […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Hit-Boy and Nas are producing a fourth installment Nas' King's Disease. Hit-Boy is now revealing what keeps their relationship alive. “When I work with Nas, it’ll literally just be me and him in there; I’m doing the beats, he’s doing the rhymes,” Hit-Boy said. “And then a lot of times when you work with younger artists, they gon’ pull up with five, six, seven, maybe 10 n-ggas with ’em, […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Wu-Tang Clan and Nas have announced the continuation of the New York State of Mind Tour. They are extending their global reach on this tour. Stops will include Australia, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, and more. The New York State of Mind Tour was such a success the first time around, the two rap acts, Wu-Tang and Nas, have decided to join forces again. Dates are below: 05-09 Auckland, New […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Nas and Lauryn Hill have teamed up again for the soundtrack of the George Foreman biopic. The film follows Foreman's rise from poverty into two-time heavyweight champion. The trailer has a reworked version of Nas and Lauryn Hill's "If I Ruled The World" in it. Nas recently sat down with Ebro Darden and Ebro had this to say: “I feel like she doesn’t understand how much she’s needed, similar […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Nas is set to perform his King's Disease Trilogy at Madison Square Garden. The announcement comes after the release of King's Disease 3. The concert will take place on February 24. King's Disease earned Nas his first Grammy since his 1994 debut album. The rapper spoke to Ebro Darden about his producer who worked on King's Disease projects, Hit Boy. “He’s like my Quincy [Jones], you know what I […]
(GEMS RADIO)---MC Serch, from classic hip hop group 3rd Bass, is selling one hundred percent of his holding from Nas' music catalog, which includes 1994's Illmatic and 1996's It Was Written, both of which Serch executive produced. “I have decided to sell all of the rights, including the global rights,” he tells AllHipHop. “I started conversations with several companies a few months ago. For 27 years, it has provided my family through good times […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Flavor Flav from Public Enemy crashed Nas' N.Y. State of Mind Concert in Michigan last night. Just as Nas was performing "Made You Look" Flavor Flav appeared on stage and started bouncing along to the tune. Nas and his audience did not mind. Nas said, “Flavor Flav! Public Enemy on stage!” Nas and Wu-Tang Clan announced the joint tour back in April. The 25 city date tour reached around […]
Ras Kass has revealed that Jay-Z was boiling when the club DJ played a Nas diss directed at him. In an interview with Art Of Dialogue, the rapper recollects the day Nas dropped the seething Jay-Z diss track “Ether,” which came out in November 2001. “It had to be 10 a.m., 11 a.m. when Nas bops in,” he remembers. “He’s usually very chill. Every time I’ve encountered him, he’s humble […]
