Rapper Nas and other celebs weighed in on Amy Winehouse’s death on Saturday afternoon. Nas and Winehouse have been rumored to have been in a relationship together, but the two denied it. They were last seen together at Damian Marley’s birthday party in London last month. Winehouse skyrocketed to stardom with her song “Rehab,” but […]
In the next installment of Vibe’s “Full Clip” series MC/producer Q-tip discusses his entire catalog of hip-hop hits for A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Nas, Biggie and more. The Queens, NY native has been making headlines for his dispute with actor/director Michael Rappaport over his group’s documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life. With a focus […]
Common ditches the electro-robotic sound on his last album, Universal Mind Control, and returns to the raw street vibe of his earlier works. This sick beat is produced by none-other than No I.D., who also produced many songs one of my favorite Common albums, One Day It’ll All Make Sense. His upcoming album produced by […]
The Roots will kick off Philadelphia’s annual celebration of Black Music Month with their fourth-annual Roots Picnic on June 4th. The event will take place at Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing in the band’s hometown of Philadelphia, PA. Black Thought, lead MC of The Roots spoke to TheUrbandaily.com about one of the Summers best shows. […]
After the drama surrounding his desire to name his last album N*gger, Queens, NY rapper Nas is taking the safe way out with the name of his 10th solo album. Mr. Jones announced on his twitter page that it would simply be called Life Is Good. In 2010 Nas released an album with reggae star […]
Nasir “Nas” Jones won an Emmy Award for his work on a Liberyian documentary “Survival 1.” Nas produced, directed and scored the music for the film. “Survival 1” follows the journey of amputee victims of the Liberian civil war who form a soccer team and eventually be came champions. He says “After all these years […]
Famed hip-hop director Hype Williams has made a career out of his flashy approach to music videos. His two most recent clips, Kanye West’s “All Of The Lights” and Lil’ Wayne’s “6’7” draw heavily from movies you may have seen. “6’7” was obviously inspired by Christopher Nolan’s Inception, and “All Of The Lights” borrows from […]
Nas may have caught a break recently when his child support and alimony payments to his ex-wife, Kelis, were cut in half, but the IRS isn’t going to be as kind to the rapper, who now owes $6.46 million to the IRS.
Nas has finally been given some good news in his ongoing child-and-spousal support battle with ex-wife Kelis. According to TMZ, the legendary rapper has managed to convince a Los Angeles judge to reduce both. Kelis filed for divorce from Nas in April 2009. Seven months pregnant at the time, the “Milkshake” singer gave birth to […]
VIA: UrbanDaily.com Despite the fact that Robert Wilson from the legendary Gap Band has recently passed away his music will live on. Here are some songs that have sampled the Gap Band. 5. You Blow My Mind Redman. Takes the vocal sample from Outstanding for Redman’s first single. 4. Signs Snoop Dogg ft. Justin Timberlake […]
Estelle provides an easy, breezy tune for those hot summer nights with her feel-good single “Fall in Love.” The fashionista has released two versions of the Sanaa Hamri-directed video—one with Nas and the other with her HomeSchool label boss John Legend. “Grey’s Anatomy” actor Jesse Williams plays a mechanic who works his way into Estelle’s […]
Everyone’s favorite drunk, singer Amy Winehouse was seen stumbling and leaning heavily on Nas at a birthday party for Damian Marley yesterday.
