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Tony Moxberg, Jadakiss, Sheek Louch & Benny The Butcher “Love,” Nas “Rare” & More | Daily Visuals 8.6.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Just a few nights ago the Hip-Hop culture was reminded of the fact that Jadakiss is one of the greatest MC’s to ever pick up the mic and now it seems like the Yonkers legend is ready for his well deserved second close-up. Linking up with Tony Moxberg, Sheek Louch and Benny The Butcher for the clip to “Love,” Jay-To-The-Muah hits the court with the aforementioned rappers to give heads some OG flavor that the heads will surely vibe to. Keeping that New York vibe going, Hip-Hop legend/icon/OG Nas returns with a new black-and-white visual for “Rare” which finds the Queensbridge king in deep thought at home before taking to the street to play chess with his damn self! King sh*t. Kings Disease II out today! TONY MOXBERG, JADAKISS, SHEEK LOUCH & BENNY THE BUTCHER – ...
Queens Get The Money: Nas Announces New Album ‘King’s Disease II’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mass Appeal / Def Jam Nas is applying pressure on his Rap peers. Not even a year after his last release he has announced a new album with King’s Disease II. As spotted on Hype Beast the Queens legend took his fans and the Hip-Hop community as a whole by surprise this week. On Thursday, July 29 he revealed he has a new album coming out and it is a sequel. “We’re back in business! King’s Disease II • 8/6” he wrote. While he did not disclose any accompanying information regarding features, production, track list or the theme for the work, he did follow things up with a separate Instagram post that seemingly gave us a little bit of insight to the project. The visual in question shows Nas and Hitboy back together and the caption pretty much conf...
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Scarface Says Nas’ Original Lyrics For “In Between Us” Dissed Jay-Z [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty When Scarface talks; the Hip-Hop community listens. During a recent interview he says his Nas was originally dissing Jay-Z on “In Between Us”. As spotted on HipHopDX the legendary MC paid a visit to the Drink Champs podcast. The appearance produced several memorable moments but one specifically has been going viral since the episode launched. During the conversation Brad revealed that the Queensbridge legend had fire for his then rival. “And Nas, the first verse he took, was some of the stuff he laid down on ‘Ether’, some of those lyrics,” he said around the two-hour and 23-minute mark. “‘I hope your wife cook your food with her period blood’ or something, you know.” Naturally N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN were taken by surprise...
Spotify Drops Remastered Version To Classic Nas Cut “Life Is Like A Dice Game”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 On July 2nd it will have been a quarter century since Hip-Hop legend, Nas released his classic sophomore album, It Was Written, and to celebrate the anniversary, an old Nas favorite is about to get some new life in 2021. More than two decades after dropping a dope freestyle dubbed “Life Is Like A Dice Game,” Spotify will be dropping a remastered version of the cut and adding some additional guest verses from Freddie Gibbs and Cordae. Though the original cut was only one verse, now with the additions of Gibbs and Cordae the classic freestyle can get some new life with Hit-Boy taking a swing at producing the track. Nas for his part was thrilled with the idea of bringing back a joint that true Nas fans were familiar with. “S...
Nas Rejoins Sony Music In a New Deal
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 For Nas, his latest move has brought him back to familiar territory. The “It Ain’t Hard To Tell” rapper’s Mass Appeal Records has inked a deal with a subsidiary company of Sony Music according to a report from Music Business Worldwide. Nas’ career began with the company via Columbia, which released his groundbreaking debut Illmatic along with It Was Written (1996) and I Am…(1999). The entire Mass Appeal roster of recording artists (which also includes Run The Jewels, Dave East and Fashawn) will be working with Sony’s subsidiary company The Orchard, which boasts distribution, marketing and radio promotion among its array of services. The significance of the new partnership isn’t lost on the Grammy-winning artist. “This is ...
Nas, LL Cool J & Fat Joe Help Break Ground At Universal Hip Hop Museum
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sylvester Zawadzki / Universal Hip-Hop Museum Our culture will finally have a destination where its’ rich history will be formally exhibited. Some living legends helped break ground at the Universal Hip-Hop Museum. Source: Sylvester Zawadzki / Universal Hip-Hop Museum As reported by HipHopDX the build out of the Universal Hip Hop Museum is officially underway. On Thursday, May 20 several Rap icons appeared on site to put shovels to dirt in honor of the sound that raised many of us. At the ceremony were the likes of Nas, LL Cool J, Fat Joe, Lil Kim, Naughty by Nature, Grandmaster Flash, Slick Rick, Michael Bivins (of Bell Biv DeVoe), Public Enemy’s Chuck D, MC Sha-Rock, EPMD and more. The event was hosted by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr....
Nas Teams Up With Mass Appeal & Showtime for ‘Hip Hop 50’ Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty As Hip-Hop is approaching the magnificent milestone of turning 50 in 2023, preparations to mark the occasion in ways honoring the culture are underway. And Nasir “Nas” Jones is ensuring he’s at the forefront of these efforts with a documentary series titled Hip Hop 50. The Queensbridge rapper and businessman has teamed up with producer and writer Sasha Jenkins, who was the force behind the acclaimed Showtime‘s Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men, for a new series done with the same network and Mass Appeal exploring the figures and moments that made Hip-Hop throughout its history. “This is something that’s coming up that we don’t want to just pass by like it’s small. This is the biggest birthday in the world,” Nas stated in a recent intervie...
Peep The Video for DJ Khaled’s Jay-Z & Nas Featured “Sorry Not Sorry”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: screencap / Youtube Last night DJ Khaled finally released his much-hyped album, Khaled Khaled, and to accompany the drop he came through with visuals for the first single off the project, “Sorry Not Sorry.” Featuring Hip-Hop icons, Nas and Jay-Z, the track also incorporates the vocal talents of James Fauntleroy and Harmonies by The Hive. For the visuals to the dope cut, Nas, Jay and Khaled get their grown man on by styling in high-end tuxedos while toasting to decades of success and reminding everyone they’re still not to be played with. “Its white gloves for me/haters know not to touch me, I’m with the f*ckery (f*ck with me),” Jay matter-of-factly states. Real talk, we believe him. You can take the man out of Brooklyn but you can’t take the Brooklyn...
NAS: Presidency’s defence of Isa Pantami irresponsible
File Photo The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has berated the Presidency over its defence of the embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. NAS in a statement signed by the NAS Capoon, Mr Abiola Owoaje, titled ‘Isa Pantami Must Go’ stated that that the Presidency’s defence was “an ill-judged action that provides a safe haven for a self-confessed sympathiser of terrorism.” Owoaje who described the Presidency’s defence as hollow pointed out that “it suggests that the Buhari administration is so deeply infected with bigotry that the defence of a Minister is informed by factors more primordial than the integrity of governance.” According to him “President Buhari’s decision to retain Pantami as Minister despite documented evidence of him bein...
Nas Hits The Crypto Jackpot Thanks To Coinbase Investment, Celebrates Financial Win On Twitter
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 The only rapper who can honestly say they “ethered” JAY-Z in a battle is now celebrating a huge financial victory. Quietly Nas has been building quite the investment portfolio through his venture capital firm QueensBridge Venture Partners. One of those investments recently has proven to be a very lucrative one for the “One Mic” crafter. On Wednesday (Apr.14), Coinbase Series B went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange with a share price of $381. Nas’ QueensBridge Venture Partners reportedly dropped a large investment in the Coinbase Series B to the sum of $100,000 and $500,000. It is now the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. CoinDesk broke down purchase and reports that at the time, the share price was ...
Jay-Z, Nas & Diddy Co-Sign Ray McGuire For Mayor of New York City
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ray McGuire for Mayor / Youtube With Bill de Blasio’s tumultuous time as the Mayor of New York City coming to an end this November, many interesting candidates have thrown their hats in the mayoral race including the likes of Maya Wiley, Andrew Yang, and Ray McGuire. With the Democratic primaries for Mayor of New York City just a few months away, some of Hip-Hop’s biggest stars have made up their mind on which candidate they want to see lead the city that never sleeps for the next few years and that man is Ray McGuire. Jay-Z, P. Diddy and Nas have decided that they want to see Citigroup’s former global co-head of investment banking executive take the helm of New York City’s Chief Executive and in a new rollout video in support of McGuire’s mayoral run, th...
