Hip-hop legend Nas is performing his iconic debut album “Illmatic” with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to a sold-out crowd ...

Nas is a legendary rapper for a reason. The New York-born MC has been rocking the mic for more than 30 years, easily ...

Nas is planning a spring U.S. tour where he will perform “Illmatic” in its entirety. So far, he has announced two shows at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on March 28 and 29 and ...

As Illmatic celebrates 25 years and its author readies a summer tour with Mary J. Blige, XXL revisits other 10 classic rap projects that wouldn’t sound quite the same without it. — Luke Fox ...

On The Beginnings of Illmatic MC Serch: Whenever Rakim didn't show up at a session, Nas would be able to get little spurts of time here and there, but he hadn't had a budget to work on his album yet.

Film Review: ‘Time Is Illmatic’ Documentary Pays Homage to Nas’ Seminal 1994 Hip-Hop Classic Few albums in hip-hop history are as universally celebrated as Nasir "Nas" Jones' 1994 debut ...

The documentary focuses on the making of the Queensbridge rapper's classic 1994 album 'Illmatic' and the life that Nas lived prior to its release. Furthermore, it'll show the making of the album ...

Time Is Illmatic opens on Wednesday in NYC and L.A. and hits select theaters nationwide for special one-night-only screenings on Thursday before becoming available on demand on Friday, Oct. 3.

In 2015, Billboard named Illmatic “the best hip-hop album ever.” In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked it at No. 44 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Nas has released a new remix of his classic track “Life”s a Bitch,” off his 1994 album “Illmatic.” Listen below. To commemorate his debut album”s 20th anniversary, the rapper will ...

Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Q-Tip, Large Professor and L.E.S. all contribute introductions for their respective tracks on Nas' 'Illmatic' while the "Soul Brother #1" blends it all together.