The 2011 Coachella line-up has been revealed, as seen above. Kanye West will headline the third day, with Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, and The Strokes, headlining the other days. Other notable hip-hop acts appearing include Nas, Erykah Badu, Cee-Lo Green, Lauryn Hill, Wiz Khalifa, and Lil B. Click the image for a closer look [cont.]

Here is Nas’ interview with TDK in it’s entirety.

It wasn’t easy, it could take way too long and it really wasn’t cool to see all your hard work resting on the long-term health of some magnetically coated plastic tape. But that was the beauty of it; it was a labor of love. The mixtape was an art and everyone knows good art never [cont.]

A lot of information in that headline, and the 36 second clip above.

Cookin’ Soul just released this new Nas remix LP, which you can grab from their site.

Nasir gets in the holiday spirit to give back to the community in Harlem. Meanwhile, fans have set up WeNeedLostTapes2.Com, to petition to Def Jam to release the second volume in Nas’ Lost Tapes series.

Remixing Nas acapellas ain’t nothing new up under the sun, one could even surmise the trend started here with 9th Wonder’s God’s Stepson. But when you get Large Professor to do the title track or Dr. Butcher and Rob Swift on “Nas Is Like”, you’ve got our attention. Check the resume… 1. U Gotta Luv [cont.]

Latest from that “Produced by Boola” series, featuring Nasir. LISTEN: Nas + Boola – “Snitch Alibi”

Here’s that hip-hop mix, as promised. This was done about a month ago, but we kept running into scheduling issues with for the photo shoot. This mix is sort of a cross between what I do at XS on the weekends, and stuff that’s just good hip-hop – you can define for yourself what’s what. [cont.]

DJ Premier to do an album with Nas? Read on and watch above: In our second installment of Producer CEO at KevinNottingham.com, we caught up with DJ Premier. As the head of his own label Year Round Records and outright legend in the game, he’s able to guide his team in any manner he wants; [cont.]

Over the weekend, we brought you Mobb Deep’s demo tape for The Infamous. Another one that Stretch played on the WKCR reunion show last week that has been nearly impossible to find without drops or tags over it is the demo version of Nas’ “It Ain’t Hard To Tell”. But we’ve been archiving this shit [cont.]

This is bonus footage from The Next 48 Hours With Nas & Damian Marley. Nas comments on the GOAT (Greatest Rapper of All Time) title in radio interview with DJ Green Lantern & Rocky Thunda on Sirius XM Radio.

Nasir and DM visit Kimmel once again for some last minute promotion for Distant Relatives.

Looks like Nas is having problems getting Def Jam to release The Lost Tapes 2. According to Lefsetz Letter, who obtained an email sent by Nas to Def Jam, they will put out the album, but will not allow it to count as one of the albums owed to Def Jam through his deal, nor [cont.]

Reks catches wreck over Nasir’s Illmatic instrumental. LISTEN: Reks – “Represent 2010″ (MP3) Reks – “Represent 2010″ (MP3)

Santana and Nas perform their unexpected AC/DC cover for the George Lopez audience. Sounds like Nas has got a dope beat.

Here’s a little something from Carlos Santana’s new Guitar Heaven LP, a cover of AC/DC’s “Back In Black”, with Nas on the rhyme. Mr. Jones slides a little nod to BDP’s “Dope Beat” in there, which samples the original “Back In Black”. You must learn, young bloggers. LISTEN: Carlos Santana feat. Nas – “Back In [cont.]

Nas has stated via Twitter that there will in fact be a sequel to “The Lost Tapes”, Nas’s version of a hidden treasure chest of past jewels and gems.

“Queens is in the house…Represent! Respresent!” The Abstract backs up the King of Queens on his classics: “NY State of Mind”, “One Love”, and “Made You Look”.

Lots of new Nasir in the last 24 hours… shows he’s working, could work on the next album have begun? This one is produce by longtime collaborator and severely underrated producer Salaam Remi. LISTEN: Nas – “The Last Real Pt. 2″