Even when he was too young to have one, Nas was fixated on the past. His breakout moment, the starmaking first verse from ...

Rap professor Mickey Factz says bars can be learned but it also still must be earned. He talks to Chuck Jigsaw Creekmur about ...

All-time greats Nas (working with producer extraordinaire DJ Premier) and De La Soul dropped lively, sonically eclectic ...

The long-promised collaborative album between hip-hop luminaries Nas and DJ Premier finally hits on the last major new music release week of the year. It's joined by new titles from 21 Savage, Juliana ...

XDS-Astana just went straight outta Kazakhstan (and China) with a reprise of its infamous rap. From an ominous spoken-word ...

On Friday (Dec. 12), hip-hop fans were gifted with an album 30 years in the making (and waiting): a collaborative album between hip-hop legends, rapper Nas and producer DJ Premier titled “Light-Years.

Benny the Butcher joins B. Dot to crown the best lyricist in rap! They break down the top emcees, from Drake and J. Cole to ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Nas released his sixth studio album, God’s Son, in 2002. This may be Nas’ most emotional album, coming at a rough time. With the passing of his mother and his bout with ...

Veteran rapper Mad Skillz says he needed a little extra motivation to record his "2025 Rap Up" track -- a year-end tradition ...

In 2025, Mass Appeal launched the Legend Has It...campaign that repackages hip-hop class acts as a label asset class and long-term economic stabilizers.

Nas gets an early look at developing Hip-Hop Museum in the South Bronx. Nas’s $1 million investment in the developing Hip-Hop Museum in the Bronx earned him an exclusive early look at the project. The ...

Nas also showed love to his women fans, delivering “Owe Me” and his verse from Missy Elliott’s “Hot Boyz.” The night’s defining moment arrived when he summoned longtime collaborator AZ for surprise ...