Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Both Nas and DJ Premier are on hip-hop’s Mt. Rushmore, especially for those of us who came up listening to hip-hop in the 1990s.

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 ...

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On this date in 1999, Queensbridge icon Nas released his fourth full length studio album Nastradamus on the Ill Will and Columbia imprint. Originally intended as the second half of the planned double ...

Hip-hop has always been driven by moments. Some moments define generations. Some reset the culture. And some return decades later with the same force they once carried. The announcement of Light-Years ...

Nas isn’t just preserving Hip-Hop history—he’s actively building it, putting his voice, vision, and money where his legacy is. Nas has always been one of the finest rappers to ever grace the culture ...

Any objective rap fan of a certain age approaches legacy albums like Nas and DJ Premier’s Light-Years with learned skepticism. For 30-odd years, rap was exclusively a young person’s game, defined by ...

Jon B opened up about working with Nas on “Finer Things,” his Hip-Hop influences, and why his new album Waiting on You proves he’s far from finished. “They got Jon B here to see you,” he remembered ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On Friday (Dec. 12), hip-hop fans were gifted with an album 30 years in ...