Nas shut down any speculation about ever headlining a Super Bowl Halftime Show during a recent interview, saying he'd rather ...
The rap icon is spearheading a series of albums and comic books with Mass Appeal to give legendary acts their due ...
S ince debuting in 1991 with a feature on Main Source’s “Live at the Barbeque,” Nas has been intent on amplifying New York hip-hop. His first full-length album, Illmatic, was an evolution in hip-hop ...
On this date in 1992, a young Queensbridge lyricist named Nasir Jones, known then as Nasty Nas, released his debut single “Halftime”, marking the beginning of one of the most celebrated careers in Hip ...
Nas and DJ PREMIER are getting closer to dropping their long-awaited joint album than ever before. Earlier this week, the Mass Appeal founder sat down with Rolling Stone to talk about a handful of ...
The project, co-executive produced by Big L’s estate and Royce Da 5’9”, is part of Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It … series, following albums from Slick Rick, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Mobb Deep, ...
The hugely influential Harlem rapper Big L was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1999. He was 24 when he lost his life, which means he’s been dead for longer than he was ever alive. Big L never found ...
Journalist Jo Ling Kent joined CBS News in July 2023 as the senior business and technology correspondent for CBS News. Kent has more than 15 years of experience covering the intersection of technology ...
Indie Basement is a weekly column on BrooklynVegan focusing on classic indie and alternative artists, “college rock,” and new and current acts who follow a similar path. There are reviews of new ...
The inclusion of "Up" and "WAP" — chart-toppers that have combined for more than 2 billion streams on Spotify alone — helps Cardi B claim an unusual milestone: Because of the streams its songs had ...
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