Common knows what it means to dream and subsequently believe in something. The Southside Chicago native is light years away from where he started yet he still manages to connect with his beginnings on the most basic level. While his ninth LP, 'The Dreamer, The Believer,' has been re
The best videos of 2011 all have one thing in common: they're visual eye candy. With Beyonce snagging African dancers for 'Run the World (Girls),' Lil Wayne taking a cue from a blockbuster hit for '6 Foot 7 Foot' and Frank Ocean's hallucinogenic clip for 'Novacane,' there was no time to be bored while watching
While the much-anticipated follow-up to Amy Winehouse's 'Back to Black' was never to come to fruition, some of the late-singer's unreleased songs will see the light of day as part of a new compilation. And now, two tracks from 'Lioness: Hidden Treasures'
Nas has been one of hip-hop's great figures since he first hustled onto the scene with the 1994 classic 'Illmatic,' an album of gritty street stories about his teen years in the Queensbridge projects that became symbolic of rap's '90s golden age. Eventually, the former Nasty Nas would become wealt
Nas has premiered the video for his lead single, 'Nasty,' off his 10th studio album, 'Life Is Good,' today (Oct. 11).
Jason Goldwatch directs this throwback piece that revisits 'Nasty' Nas' start in the Queensbridge projects where he rose to fame as an MC. Nasir acts as a freestyling host who navigates viewers t
Queens rap legend Nas has reportedly signed a deal with publisher Simon & Schuster to release his memoir, 'It Ain't Hard to Tell,' penned in collaboration with Rolling Stone contributing editor Touré.
The autobiography, which is named after a song from his 1994 debut 'Illmatic,' and scheduled for a fall 2012 release, is said to follow in the same vein as former
This month marks the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, a day that changed how Americans viewed one another, how they traveled and how safe they felt in their own country. Though the day was marked as a tragedy, it caused a nation to unite under extreme duress
August is coming to a close and while it signifies summer's end, it also marks the beginning of a new school year for a wealth of students. With class back in session, The BoomBox is teaching some valuable lessons with this Hip-Hop and R&B Study Guide. No