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#TBT OWN A PIECE OF HIP HOP HISTORY WITH NAS AND PUFFY (PHOTOS)

In Lifestyle on April 17, 2014 at 12:05 pm

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Nas and Puffy are having a moment. For Nas, the Queens MC is enjoying the 20th Anniversary of his seminal album Illmatic which recently received a film treatment in the form of a documentary titled Time Is Illmatic.  It premiered last night at the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC and  film traces the making of Illmatic through interviews and archival images.

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QUEENS REIGNS SUPREME AS NAS JOINS MASS APPEAL (DETAILS)

In Lifestyle, Uncategorized on April 11, 2013 at 1:54 pm

 QUEENS REIGNS SUPREME AS NAS JOINS MASS APPEAL (DETAILS)

Nas has signed on as an Associate Publisher of Mass Appeal magazine, Forbes and MassAppeal.com revealed today. The independent music and art publication bounced back with issue 52 earlier this spring after a five year haitus. Name dropping ahead; you’ve been warned.

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NAS’ CHERRY WINE VIDEO FEATURING AMY WINEHOUSE HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES (VIDEO)

In Lifestyle on October 2, 2012 at 9:33 am

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Nas debut the video for “Cherry Wine”, his duet with Amy Winehouse from his critically acclaimed album “Life Is Good”, a few hours ago via Miss Info. Check it after the jump.
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Swizz Beatz Brings Out Nas For Team USA Basketball In London (PHOTOS)

In Lifestyle, Uncategorized on August 14, 2012 at 10:00 am

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Hip Hop was in full effect post closure of the 31st Olympiad Sunday night in London. Read the rest of this entry »

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Photographer Matthew Salacuse On Nas’ Life Is Good’ Album Cover Shoot: “He Nailed It!”

In Lifestyle on June 8, 2012 at 4:17 pm

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Brooklyn, New York  photographer Matthew Salacuse is the photographer responsible for the haunting cover photo of Queensbridge rapper Nas‘ 10th studio album, ‘Life Is Good.’ Via email, Salacuse gave us the  lowdown behind the shoot.

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Beautiful & Haunting: Nas’ Life Is Good’ Album Cover Reveal (PHOTO)

In Lifestyle on June 4, 2012 at 4:47 pm

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Nas revealed the cover of his 10th studio album ‘Life is Good’ this afternoon and it is beautiful as well as haunting.

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Kareem Black On Nas For Complex Cover Shoot: “I Went Up A Level!” (PHOTOS)

In Lifestyle on May 29, 2012 at 11:33 am

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Friend to our site, bicycle enthusiast and NYC based photographer Kareem Black spoke to us last week about the photo shoot everyone is talking about online:  his cover of  legendary Queens, NY rapper Nas for Complex magazine’s June/July 2012 issue. 

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