After taking VIBE back into the apartment where Nas grew up, the Queenbridge rapper’s young brother, Jungle, brought us to a few of the most important places mentioned on Ilmatic. When Nas was just a teenager, one of his family’s closest friends was brutally murdered in the same neighborhood that they grew up in. Known as Ill Will to the boys, Jungle took us back to to the exact place where Nas’ best friend was gunned down.

It was definitely a somber moment in our tour, but Will’s passing was also a huge wake up call for a young Nasir Jones to make his rap dreams a reality. In part 2 of VIBE’s exclusive video tour of Queensbridge projects, Jungle relives that fateful night and shows us where the image for the Illmatic cover was shot.

This Saturday (April 19), marks the official 20th anniversary of Nas’ classic debut, Illmatic. For the past two decades, the Queensbridge rapper’s LP has remained in the top 5 list of “best rap albums” of all time. The trends and fashion may have changed in hip-hop, but this album hasn’t gone anywhere.

In its honor, VIBE and Jungle went back to the very projects that raised Nas for a first hand tour of the hood. Little did we know that our journey would take us to the very apartment that started it all for Jungle and his older brother. This is the very first tour of apartment 5D aka Nas’ childhood home.