Nas is on an award tour as he continues to promote the 20th anniversary album 'Illmatic XX.' On Monday (April 7), the Queensbridge, N.Y., native appeared on the 'Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' to perform a couple of tracks from the new LP.
The thespian community is mourning over the loss of beloved actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. The 46-year-old film star was found dead in his New York apartment on Sunday (Feb. 2), according to ScreenCrush.
After his last performance with A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip is taking the group's story to the small screen. The talented rapper-producer is working on a hip-hop drama series about the group's musical movement for TV.
Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip's new mixtape is for the most part, a compilation of classics. And although we hoped it would be all new material, we're not mad at this stroll down memory lane and glimpse into the future of this dynamic Native Tongue duo.
Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes' collaborative mixtape, 'The Abstract and the Dragon,' is hitting the Internet at midnight (Dec. 12), but the duo dropped another track to alleviate fans' thirst for the next few hours.
'Yeezus' may have just dropped, but Kanye West is already on to the next album. The rapper revealed that his next project will be only eight songs long during an interview for an Art Basel event in Miami last night (Dec. 4).
Kanye West is already planning the recording process for his follow-up to 'Yeezus.' The self-described genius is calling on two hip-hop greats to produce the album.
Although Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip's 'Thank You' has received some acclaim throughout the hip-hop community, one question that has been looming: Why do Kanye West and Lil Wayne only inject a few ad-libs? The two do appear in the video for the track, serving as really cool hypemen.
Fresh off tearing down the Barclays Center together during Kanye West's Yeezus tour stop in Brooklyn last night (Nov. 20), Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip have announced a joint mixtape.