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Pete Rock To Sue Nas Over ‘Illmatic’ Royalties: Report
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Money makes the world go ’round. Legendary producer Pete Rock is reportedly considering a lawsuit against Nas over allegedly unpaid royalties from the rapper’s classic debut album, Illmatic. Pete Rock reportedly told Page Six that he’s never received a dime in royalties from his work on Illmatic, which was released in 1994. The Mt. Vernon producer and rapper produced only one track on the project, but “The World Is Yours” proved to be one of the album’s standout joints and singles. Related Stories However, Rock and his lawyers say they cut a deal with Nas that would net him millions in royalties, which he has yet to ever see. Despite alleged pleas to honor the deal, nothing has manifested, per Rock and his legal team. “Nas and his peo...
Hit-Boy Says “King’s Disease III” With Nas Is On The Way
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Vivien Killilea / Getty Nas surprised fans with a new album, and producer and collaborator Hit-Boy reveals that he and the iconic rapper have begun work on another album – King’s Disease III. The world was caught off guard as Nas announced that he was set to release a new album that he worked with Hit-Boy on at midnight on Christmas Eve (December 24th), entitled Magic. As fans began to listen intently to the nine-track release, Hit-Boy took to social media to celebrate the album drop and to let the public know the two have more on the way. Related Stories “KD3 otw this just to feed the buzz… @Nas my dawg is a maniac,” Hit-Boy wrote via Twitter minutes after midnight. Nas did drop a lyric announcing that the new album was on the way as well, on the track “...
Nas Locks In With Hit-Boy With New ‘Magic’ Project, Twitter Is In Awe
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty Nas is one of a handful of Hip-Hop artists who has nothing to prove to anyone and has classics in his discography to prove it. The Queensbridge living legend ends 2021 on an extremely high note alongside his cohort Hit-Boy with a new project Magic, a fitting name for a potent body of work. With an album of the year contender in King’s Disease II releasing earlier this year, the artist born Nasir Jones could’ve rested until next year but it’s apparent he and Hit-Boy have a fantastic working relationship. Magic counts as Nas’ 15th album and, without any hyperbole, it’s fair to say that this is one of the year’s best releases across all genres. Save for the entertaining “Wave Gods” featuring A$AP Rocky and DJ Premier, Nas ca...
Nas to Release New Album Magic Tonight
Just when you thought the year was careening to a halt, here comes Nas. The rap veteran will release a new album just in time for Christmas. Titled Magic, Nas teamed up again with producer and longtime collaborator Hit-Boy on the nine-song collection. A$AP Rocky and DJ Premier will feature on “Wave Gods.” Magic is Nas’ second album of 2021, following the August release of King’s Disease II. That album featured guest spots from Eminem, EPMD, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, YG and Ms. Lauryn Hill. The Grammy-nominated album was the sequel to the initial King’s Disease, which was out in the summer of 2020. King’s Disease earned the rapper his first Grammy victory in the Best Rap Album category. King’s Disease beat out albums by Royce 5’9,” Jay Electronica, D SMOKE and Freddie Gibbs &am...
The Sweet Chick x Clarks Wallabee Boot Is Finger Licking Good
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CLARKS ORIGINALS / Clarks Originals Nas’ love of crispy chicken and old school wears has come full circle. His restaurant Sweet Chick has partnered with Clarks Originals on a special Wallabee release. Source: CLARKS ORIGINALS / Clarks Originals As spotted on High Snobiety Clarks Originals teams up with Brooklyn-born waffle house Sweet Chick to create a playful capsule dubbed The Wafflebee Collection. The iconic Wallabee boot is redesigned with embossed diamonds on the uppers that look so tasty you almost forget they’re part of a shoe. Made in Portugal from buttery suede, they’re shaped like classic moccasins and sit atop trademark crepe soles. These feet pieces also stay true to iconic boot with leather trimming on the ankle collar. We also get wax finish...
3LAU’s NFT Marketplace Nabs $55 Million Investment From The Chainsmokers, Kygo, More
3LAU‘s NFT marketplace has received another huge cash injection. Just months after a $16 millio investment, Royal has announced a $55 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Crypto fund. The Chainsmokers, Logic, Kygo, Nas, CAA, Crush Music, Coinbase Ventures, Founders Fund, NEA’s Connect Ventures, and Paradigm all participated, according to reports. “The value of music ownership is vastly misrepresented and undervalued today, but it won’t be for too much longer, as more musicians embrace the web3 ecosystem,” 3LAU wrote in a recent blog post. Royal is a marketplace for musicians that allows them to sell the royalties accrued from their songs to fans. 3LAU recently gave away 50% of the streaming rights to his latest song,&nbs...
Nas & Miss Info Team To Host ‘The Bridge’ Podcast For Spotify
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Spotify / Mass Appeal The iconic Grammy-award-winning rapper Nas and media personality and journalist Minya “Miss Info” Oh are embarking on a new podcast that will give listeners the opportunity to celebrate and deeply examine the five decades of Hip-Hop history. Announced on Tuesday (November 9), the new podcast, titled The Bridge, was created and produced as part of a collaboration with streaming giant Spotify and Mass Appeal. Related Stories The Bridge is part of the #HipHop50 Initiative that was launched earlier this year in a collaborative effort with Mass Appeal and Showtime/Viacom which will celebrate and amplify the culture of Hip-Hop through various projects including documentary films. The podcast reunites Nas and Miss Info, who’ve had a strong ...
Showtime Launches Multi-Year ‘HIP HOP 50’ Project, Nas To Direct First Documentary
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ESCOBAR CIGARS / ESCOBAR CIGARS This December Showtime will kick off HIP HOP 50, its multiyear, cross-platform programming initiative celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop. HIP HOP 50 will continue to run over the next three years and will encompass unscripted series and features, podcasts and digital shorts by and about some of the foremost names in the genre, culminating with the 50th anniversary of the genre in 2023. The initiative is driven by Nas and Mass Appeal Chief Creative Officer and Emmy-nominated partner Sacha Jenkins (WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN, BITCHIN’: THE SOUND AND FURY OF RICK JAMES). VIDEO MUSIC BOX will chronicle the longest-running music video show in the world, Video Music Box, launched and hosted in Ne...
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Bundy & Sincere: Nas Says DMX Got More Love On The Streets Than 98% Of Rappers [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Showtime / Showtime Nas rarely does interviews but when he does Hip-Hop listens intently. In a recent Q&A he makes it clear that DMX was loved on another level when it comes to Rap music. The Queensbridge, New York legend was a guest on the season finale of Desus & Mero. The Bodega Boys got God Son to discuss King’s Disease II and much more. In respect to the untimely passing of Darkman X, the duo asked Esco to detail his relationship with the Yonkers MC. To hear Nas tell it DMX was far more special than we are aware of; he spoke about their bond that was formed on the set of Belly. “That was a great time man,” he revealed. “’Cause to come from music and go to Times Square to the premiere and see our names on the marquee—you know, growing up ...
Class Is In Session: MasterClass Offers Lessons From Nas On Hip-Hop Storytelling
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Derrick Salters/WENN.com / WENN Alright, Hip Hop heads and aspiring Hip Hop artists—this is not a drill! MasterClass, the streaming platform that allows you to learn from the best and most successful minds in whichever field suits your interest and passion, is offering virtual classes on Hip-Hop storytelling taught by none other than one of the best storytellers to grab the mic—Nas. That’s right, Mr. Illmatic himself will be sharing, not just the fine art of using story-form in writing bars, but his philosophy on rhyme technique as well as the evolution and richness of Hip-Hop culture in general. [embedded content] In his class, “Nas dives into the origins, rise and evolution of Hip-Hop in America to showcase the artistic, poetic and political power of st...
Cordae “Super,” Nas “Big Nas” & More | Daily Visuals 10.7.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Cordae’s easily one of the best rappers of his generation and while he’s not as talked about as Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert or any other Lil rapper out today, the man’s been getting his flowers from the likes of Jadakiss and Nas while giving flowers to his boo, Naomi Osaka. In his latest visuals to “Super,” Cordae explains just how successful he’s been even without all the hoopla that his peers enjoy as he turns up with his peoples and rolls in a car filled with female fans. Osaka sign off on that, C? Just askin.’ Speaking of Nas, the Queenbridge King returns with some new work in “Big Nas” and though he doesn’t appear in the visuals for the cut, we are entertained by a young dancer who busts out some Matrix like moves throughout the infamous housing projects. Dope sh...
This Aint Tidal: Nas, Pusha T & Other Big Names Invest In Audius, Spotify’s Rival
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty A bunch of music artists coming together to promote a music streaming platform the benefits them? Now, where have we heard this before? Hip-Hop stars Nas and Pusha T are among the many names who have now become investors in the Audius, a music streaming startup that Rolling Stone describes as a rival to Spotify. If the idea sounds somewhat familiar to you, that’s because it is. The last time we saw music artists and other big names in the music industry come together like this was for Tidal, which JAY-Z owned before selling it to Jack Dorsey’s Square. The spectacle saw other artists like Beyoncé, Kanye West, Alicia Keys, and other investors join the ambitious venture. But, there is a significant difference when it comes to this ...
