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Nas confirmed he is recording and posted a statement about an industry that does not pay the people who built it. Hit-Boy says their run is over, and no title or date has been announced.

Zohran Mamdani sat with Nas near Queensbridge and promised artists could afford to live where they create. The rent freeze starts Thursday, the Bronx School of Hip-Hop is open, and the city's major celebrations of its own rap history are booked somewhere else.

Isaac Hayes cut four songs in 1969, Nas took six straight albums from Hit-Boy before his first Grammy, and Pharrell has now produced two complete albums in fifteen months with a third finished. The one-producer album is the oldest arrangement in this music, and it keeps collecting the trophies.

Rakim changed where a rhyme could sit. Nas turned the verse into reportage. Kendrick made the album an argument. Five artists have a legitimate claim to what comes next, and HitsCulture argues each case, counterargument included.

Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt was not an instant blockbuster, but its 30-year journey from streetwise debut to permanent hip-hop text is the real story. After a Yankee Stadium performance that reunited Jay with Beyonce and Nas, the album's lessons on ambition, compromise, luxury and ownership feel more public, and more contested, than ever.

Hip Hop mogul Nas releases a music video for "No Bad Energy," a track off of his latest project, 'The Lost Tapes 2.' The rapper debuted 'The Lost Tapes 2' mixtape as a follow up to his 2002 popular project 'The Lost Tapes.' The collection includes records

Nas unleashes a new music video for "Everything," a song that features appearances from Kanye West and R and B singer, songwriter, and producer The-Dream .

Brooklyn Bodega, Inc. and The Bodega Agency, producers of The 12th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, announced details for?its annual celebration of Hip-Hop Music and Culture.

You read that right, Nas and Erykah have linked up to work on a project... The hip-hop heavyweight has signed on to executive produce the upcoming indie drama The Land starring Erykah Badu.

If you like hip-hop, it's hard to hate on Nas! Earlier this month, the rap legend announced that a new single was coming soon, which would eventually find itself on his upcoming 12th studio album.

Despite having an impressive cast and the Thanksgiving Holiday in play, "Black Nativity" got off to a slow start at the box office this week.

Hip Hop legend Nas recently kick started his fellowship program at Harvard University, which sees him sharing his expertise with the University's new Hip Hop Archive program called The Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship.