While shooting the cover art for his third album I Am…, Nas almost suffocated from clay. To be able to get a mold of Nas’ face for the Pharaoh mask, famed portrait photographer Danny Hastings and his team had to cover Nas’ face with clay. While Nas face was covered in the clay, they made
Nas‘ father Olu Dara played the cornet solo at the end of Nas’ 1994 Illmatic record, “Life’s a Bitch” featuring. AZ. The record was Nas’ first collaboration with his father and AZ’s first recorded verse on wax. The song was produced by L.E.S.. Nas originally wanted to sample Mtume’s “Juicy Fruit” but producer L.E.S. sampled
It’s been sixteen years since we heard from Gang Starr with 2003’s The Ownerz and nine years since the unfortunate passing of MC Guru. Yesterday, DJ Premier hinted at a new and final project from the iconic rap duo on Twitter. He left fans anticipating an upcoming project with the cryptic tweet below. Today, Premier
Escobar season has returned. Nas and Def Jam Recordings took to Twitter this afternoon (July 2) to announce the forthcoming of Lost Tapes 2 later this month — July 19th — a long-awaited sequel to his highly regarded Lost Tapes project released back in 2002. The original Lost Tapes was compiled together with cuts from
