Nas News

Nas must have caved and broke out his old Illmatic cassette tape in preparation of the massive press run he's set to embark on coinciding with the album's 20th anniversary.

Nas hit the stage at Mass Appeal x GrooveShark's #SXSWTakeover to perform hits from his almost 20-year-old album Illmatic .

In a past interview with Complex magazine, Queensbridge rapper Nas was quoted as saying "I think Kanye West saved rap" after he was asked about Lil Wayne being dubbed the best rapper alive.

In this week's fashion roundup, Love & Hip Hop: New York star Nya Lee pays tribute to Nas while Single Ladies actress Denise Vasi salutes Brooklyn's rap legend, the late Notorious B.I.G. And there are a few others who make their mark.

Even when pared down to just its Interactive portion, South by Southwest can feel like a huge and amorphous thing - sort of like, as director says, the Internet itself.

In celebration of the 27th anniversary of becoming the first Multicultural Greek organization founded on Lehigh's campus, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. hosted Kappa Week this week.

Two things: past and future hiphop greatness. The past tonight is represented by none other than Jeru the Damaja, one of the top spitters of hiphop's silver age .

For Rap overall, New York not being in control is emblematic of an evolutionary shift in the genre to possibly something greater-than-Rap.

I think it's safe to say that hip hop is officially dead. Although Macklemore appeared to have made a sincere gesture by openly admitting that he did not deserve his '"Best Rap Song" Grammy, it seems the spotlight is still on him as 'Thrift Stop" was recently named as one of Billboard's best rap songs of all time.

Rapper Rick Ross collects his fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as Mastermind arrives atop the list.

When Ben Horowitz's publicist reached out to see if I wanted to interview him about his new book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, I enthusiastically said yes.

Who needs South by Southwest when you can just stay in New York? The Tribeca Film Festival , in its 13th year, is continuing its march toward becoming one of the most futuristic, forward-thinking events in the industry, with a beefed-up transmedia and technology lineup.

Hip-hop artist Nas and Ben Horowitz, co-founder and partner at Andreessen Horowitz, share a moment.

The Notorious B.I.G. first went by Biggie Smalls. Jazzy turned into Jay-Z, which then turned into Jay Z. Nas stepped up his hygiene regime and dropped Nasty.

Today, after weeks of media aggrandizement, millionaire tech investor Ben Horowitz and sat down on a stage in Austin with the rapper Nas and made a large room uncomfortable.

Ben Horowitz, a top Silicon Valley investor and partner at Andreessen Horowitz, got on stage and danced alongside Kutcher while Nas rapped.

Exclusive: Last month, 50 Cent left longtime label Interscope Records. HipHopDX examines other artists who changed labels during their careers.

Macklemore and his producer Ryan Lewis are crushing hip-hop metrics, no matter how apologetic the Seattle rapper is about his big wins.

Ian Gelfand has probably helped one of your favorite rap video be made and during an appearance on Cipha Sounds' Take It Personal , he told a story about a legendary rap video.

The 2014 Tribeca Film festival set the slate Thursday for its 13th annual edition, running April 16 - 27. The fest's opening night film will be "Time is Illmatic," the Documentary about rapper Nas's 1994 album "Illmatic."