The Hangover II Premier Brings Out Stars The highly anticipated Hangover II premiere brought out a number of stars including Diddy, Ron Artes, Nas, Romeo and Jordan Sparks. Read more
While some rappers boo-hoo about paying homage some MCs actually get what that means. Elzhi, one of the most tragically underrated MCs alive, is finally releasing his long rumored mixtape, “ELmatic,” a tribute to Nas’ classic Illmatic. What makes this more than just someone spitting over another rappers beats, El enlisted the help of a […]
Mobb Deep has come back with guns blazing now that Prodigy is back home after doing a bid in jail. The Infamous crew has linked up with fellow Queensbridge native Nas for the first time in over 10 years for a new song, “Dog Sh*t,” produced by The Alchemist.
Famed hip-hop director Hype Williams has made a career out of his flashy approach to music videos. His two most recent clips, Kanye West’s “All Of The Lights” and Lil’ Wayne’s “6’7” draw heavily from movies you may have seen. “6’7” was obviously inspired by Christopher Nolan’s Inception, and “All Of The Lights” borrows from […]
Last night while Charlie Sheen was putting on quite a display of crazy on CNN, ?uestlove announced via Twitter the rather eclectic line-up for the 4th Annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia. This year the Philadelphia hip-hop heroes will share the stage with The Grammy’s pick for Best New Artist, Esperanza Spalding, Wiz Khalifa, and Mr. […]
Advertising executive, and former music biz exec “Commissioner” Steve Stoute took out a full-page ad in the New York Times calling the National Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) and their annual Grammy Awards ceremony as out of touch with popular culture.
While most celebs were partying it up at the NBA All-Star weekend, our favorite ex-couple Nas & Kelis were performing at Australia’s “Good Vibration” 2011 Music Festival. Kelis and Nas were among the performers at the festival which included Erykah Badu,Damian Marley, Ludacris and many more. We wonder if these two spent quality time together??? […]
Nas has built up an image of him being a tough poet from the streets of Queens, NY, so it comes as a bit of a shock to see that the Illmatic rapper is actually a fan of outrageous pop star Lady Gaga.
Talib Kweli recently dropped his album, Gutter Rainbows. The video for its first single, “Cold Rain,” is inspired by Denzel Washington’s Book Of Eli and had us reminiscing over some videos based on movies. Take a look at our list for the top ten music videos inspired by films. 10. Joe Budden – Pump It […]
Detroit News’ Tax Watchdog blog were one of the first to discover, where metro reporter Robert Snell scours public records and reports details on famous people with big tax bills. Nas has had tax troubles for some time, with the IRS filing liens in 2009 for over $3 million dollars, and in 2010 for another […]
Nas reportedly owes the IRS over 6 million dollars in tax debt, with at least 3 tax liens filed against him from Georgia to New York. According to Yo Raps, “the trouble started in October of 2009 in New York. The IRS filed a $2,584,236 lien against [him] behind owed taxes, listing the address of […]
