Nas News

Nas is notoriously private, but on his latest single, "Daughters," the Queensbridge Don gets pretty personal.

Nas recently chopped it up with Complex.com following his recent cover story, breaking down his sophomore album It Was Written and giving anecdotes on every track from the project.

Summer means big music festivals, and this year the South Bay has more than ever.

Exclusive: Ab-Soul explains rapping: "I used to want to rap like Jay-Z / Now I feel like I could run laps around Jay-Z / Nas ain't seen nothing this nasty / Big and 'Pac got it coming when I pass too." If Top Dawg Entertainment's Black Hippy collective were the 1997 Los Angeles Lakers, then Ab-Soul would be Kobe Bean Bryant.

The topic of favorite albums comes up often. During a recent interview with Power 106's L.A. Leakers , Slaughterhouse members shared their choices for top Rap albums of all time.

For many fans and artists alike, Nas's 1994 debut Illmatic ranks among the top Hip Hop albums ever created.

Rap veteran Nas is covering the June/July 2012 issue of Complex magazine with the caption, 'Life Is Good', which is also the title of his forthcoming album.

The 2012 Summer Set Music and Camping Festival arrives in late August, and the lineup is a doozy.

For the first two minutes of VICE 's latest Today web series, you're treated to an animated tale narrated by none other than Complex cover artist Nas .

The June/July issue of Complex Magazine features Nas on the cover with accompanying profile/interview. Dubbed "Return of the Don," the Queesbridge emcee is readying his latest studio album Life is Good which has people whispering that it's his best work since Illmatic .

Last night , Missy Elliott and Timbaland performed a new song at Hennessey's 'White Rabbit' campaign launch event in NYC.

Since their debuts, Jay-Z and Nas have traced different trajectories. This vintage track brought their voices together, to glorious effect Hip-hop loves a rivalry.

On May 16 recording artist Nicki Minaj released the official "Right By My Side" music video featuring Chris Brown on her VEVO channel.A The Benny Boom directed music video not only features Chris Brown, but also hip-hop artist Nas as Minaj's boyfriend.

I'm not sure how true this is, but I am hearing that 50 Cent and Lil Wayne may have had a chance encounter in the time surrounding the Floyd Mayweather fight.

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It's no secret that Nicki Minaj has a flair for the dramatic, and on Wednesday , when she debuted her "Right by My Side" video on MTV, Nicki surprised many by casting the Queensbridge rap great as her leading man.

For 2012, Rock the Bells puts a spotlight on new talent in Hip Hop and honors respected veterans.

Scarface reflects on the legacy of "The Fix" and how Kanye West helped take the project to te next level.

There are a slew of young, talented rappers coming out of New York these days, but none of them sound very "New York." The A$AP crew of Harlem, which recently toured with Toronto's Drake and Compton's Kendrick Lamar, have a " placeless and universal " sound that seems more influenced by Houston's chopped and screwed beats than DJ Premier's horns; ... (more)

After the enormous success that YMCMB recording artist Drake had on the first run of his "Club Paradise Tour" last year, the Toronto native wasted no time putting together a second U.S. leg that recently kicked off in Concord, California.