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Last night, Dave Grohl interviewed Nas on Chelsea Lately about his four Grammy nominations and the way hip-hop is portrayed at the awards show. The two continued on to discuss the competitive nature…   Read Story »
On last night's episode of Conan, Nas served as musical guest. He brought a live band and soul singer Anthony Hamilton with him for the sincere and intense song "World's An Addiction" and further…   Read Story »
On "Cherry Wine," a song from his pretty-great 2012 album Life Is Good, Nas got a posthumous guest appearance from his late buddy Amy Winehouse. And in the song's new video, Nas plays a bartender who…   Read Story »
Life Is Good, the startlingly good Nas album, ends with "Bye Baby," in which the rapper bids farewell to his ex-wife, the singer Kelis. It's not a spiteful or angry song; it's fond and pensive and…   Read Story »
In nearly 20 years of rap stardom, Nas has never displayed anything much in the way of a sense of humor. But credit the man for being game enough to show up on The Colbert Report and squirm while…   Read Story »
If you catch Nasir Jones on the right day, he's still pretty much the best-dressed man in rap. Last night on Letterman, the man looked particularly dapper in a Sinatra-on-vacation sort of way, as he…   Read Story »
We've already heard a bunch of tracks from the forthcoming Nas album Life Is Good, and now we've got another one: "Cherry Wine," a jazzy six-minute track that features Nas's late friend Amy…   Read Story »
Nas's new album Life Is Good is imminent, and all the tracks we've heard -- "Nasty," "The Don," "Daughters," "Accident Murderers" -- find the man doing something to recapture the inventive,…   Read Story »
Here's Massive Attack's take on Nas's "The Don," a remix that rephrases the song as a huge-sounding, droning banger. Stream it below. Nas's Life Is Good is out 7/17 on Def Jam.   Read Story »
Nas and Rozay link up again for Nas's forthcoming Life Is Good, a release from which we've already heard "Daughters," "The Don" and "Nasty." The new joint's called "Accident Murderers," and the beat…   Read Story »