“Hate it or love it, like it, bump it or dump it,” is one of the first lines Nas kicks on “Purple,” the only new track off his new album, The Lost Tapes. This line probably best describes Nas’ music ...

Illmatic (Columbia), a vivid and at times horrifying look at street life. Nas went on to display his potency onscreen, starring in the acclaimed 1998 film Belly, directed by Hype Williams, only to be ...

In 1994. a young Queensbridge native called Nasty Nas created a 10-song masterpiece, “Illmatic.” Nasty Nas painted vivid street narratives as if he witnessed them first hand. The album represented ...

Jay-Z and Nas’ rivalry was well-documented in hip-hop history. Some of their best diss tracks such as Jay’s “Takeover” and Nas' “Ether” brought an energy that can’t be matched on other records. But ...

Back in 2002, Nas was barred from performing at Hot 97's Summer Jam after wanting to lynch an effigy of Jay-Z. Though the act didn't happen—and Esco would go on to Power 105.1 to vent—footage surfaced ...

On this day in 2002, rapper Nas was a no-show at Hot 97's Summer Jam following reports that he planned to do a mock lynching of JAY-Z during his performance. At that time, HipHopDX reported that a ...

The collaboration between Nas and Eminem marks the first time the pair have rapped together. Em previously produced and co-wrote Nas’ 2002 song “The Cross”. Nas is set to perform at his upcoming ...

In the final scene of 8 Mile, the rapper Eminem (“Bunny Rabbit” in the movie) silences his black opponent in a hip-hop battle by revealing that the kid went to Cranbrook—an arty Michigan prep school.

Our picks for the 100 best songs from a crucial year in the process of the '00s finding themselves. By Billboard Staff The popular music of the ’00s found its center in 2002. The teen-pop explosion of ...

VIDEO - A video has surfaced that shows a robotics team making a Jay-Z robotic figure that Nas allegedly intended to unveil at Summer Jam 2002... A decade-old video has surfaced which shows a robotics ...