Judas and the Black Messiah soundtrack is loaded with notable features Judas and the Black Messiah movie will be released this Friday through HBO Max and select theaters. Along with the movie, the soundtrack executively produced by Hit-Boy will arrive. Judas and the Black Messiah is filled with top-notch features. We will be getting a

How old is Nas? When is Nas’ birthday? When was Nas born? Virgo season has returned. Nasir Jones was born on September 14th, 1973, in Queens, NY. The “Ultra Black” rapper is the son of Jazz musician Olu Dara, who played on his classic album Illmatic. He is one of the most prolific lyricists in

Nas is back in his bag with a new album produced entirely by Hit-Boy. King’s Disease dropped last Friday (Aug 21). It was released on his Mass Appeal label and has received widely-respected acclaim. Many are relieved the new album managed to out-shine 2018’s Nasir. That album, produced entirely by Kanye West, was pretty-much universally

Nas co-wrote songs on Will Smith‘s 1997 platinum album ‘Big Willie Style’ On Will Smith’s ‘Big Willie Style’ album liner notes, Nasir Jones, also known as Nas, is credited as a co-writer on six songs, including; “Chasing Forever”, “Yes Yes Yall”, “Men in Black,” “Gettin’ Jiggy wit It”, “Just Cruisin’ (Remix)” and “Miami.” Till this

Nas and Jay-Z both passed on the beat for Jadakiss’ “We Gonna Make It” ft. Styles of the Lox. During an interview on A Waste of Time podcast with ItsTheReal, Alchemist revealed Nas passed on Jadakiss’ “We Gonna Make It” beat. Alchemist also revealed Jay Z also turned down the “We Gonna Make It” beat. “I had

Pete Rock claims he produced Nas‘ 1994 “The World Is Yours” beat in under 10 minutes. During a 2014 profile for Illmatic with HipHopDX, Pete Rock, revealed he produced the beat in approximately 10 minutes saying: “It’s a faster pace with the creation of the music now. That’s not to say it wasn’t fast then,

The beat for Nas’ 1992 debut single, “Halftime,” was originally produced by Large Professor for Busta Rhymes. During a 2009 XXL feature on the making of Illmatic, Busta Rhymes revealed he was in the room in 1992 when the beat for “Halftime” was being created and Large Professor offered him the beat but he didn’t

Nas and 2Pac squashed their beef at the 1996 MTV Video Awards on September 4, 1996, just 9 days before Tupac died on September 13, 1996. Nas dissed Biggie on ‘The Message’, the second song on his second album ‘It was Written.’ 2Pac thought the diss was for him so he recorded “Against All Odds.”

Nas was suspended from school, in the 7th grade for stabbing one of his fellow students with a pencil. He raps about this on “John Blaze” saying: “I used to pack a No. 2 pencil stabbin’ students”. Nas grew up in the Queensbridge housing projects in Queens, N.Y., he eventually dropped out of school in

Nas released his tenth studio album “Life is Good” on July 13, 2012. The cover art featured Nas wearing a cream colored suit while draped on his lap is a green dress which belonged to his ex-wife, R&B singer, Kelis. Nas revealed why he had the dress on his cover during his episode of VH1’s

Nas‘ iconic album ‘Illmatic’ is over 25 years old.’ Here are 5 Facts you didn’t know about Illmatic, one of the first rap albums to be bootlegged. 5. Nas recorded the first verse of ‘N.Y. State Of Mind’ in one take and the intro was a mistake. DJ Premier, who produced three songs on the

Nas listed his then 7-year-old daughter, Destiny Jones, as an Executive Producer on his fifth studio album Stillmatic so she can always receive royalty checks from the album. Nas’ album, Stillmatic was released on December 18th, 2001 and sold over 342,600 copies in its first week of release. The album peaked at No. 5 on