OkayplayerTV: Nas and Damian Marley Part I from Okayplayer on Vimeo. How does Nas feel about Obama and the great Health Care debate? Answer’s above.

This track appeared tonight on Hot 97 in NY on DJ Enuff’s radio show. New remix from Gill Scott featuring Nas. Gill Scott Heron + Nas – “New York Is Killing Me (Remix)” (MP3)

Nas, with his unfazable, laid back attitude answers “…Nah.” Taken from the Digiwaxx Distant Relatives listening session that went down last night. Album in stores May 18th.

Nas & Damian Marley perform “As We Enter” with K’Naan at Irving Plaza NYC. Nas & Damian Marley’s Distant Relatives album In Stores May 18th.

In stores May 18th.

Dates are as follows…. May 22nd Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheater May 23rd Seattle, WA Showbox Sodo May 25th Oakland, CA Fox Theater May 26th Santa Barbara, CA University of California, Santa Barbara May 28th Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern May 29th Las Vegas, NV The Joint May 30th Valley Center, CA Harrah’s Rincon – Open [cont.]

Ill Will Records draftee Quan seems to be “Fed Up” waiting on his homie Nas to put his album out, as he subtly addresses the situation without naming names. Done over DJ Khaled’s instrumental of the same name. Quan – “Fed Up (Freestyle)” (MP3)

To say that we are looking forward to this album would be an understatement.

Yeah, Africa didn’t end up making the album cover for Distant Relatives. Walmart can’t give good shelf placement for Africa. Plus that would imply that this is not an album you could drink Rozay to. The spear stayed, so that’s something. We’ve confirmed with Universal that the official street date is May 18th. UPDATE: Africa [cont.]

Last week we showed you The 20 Most Embarrassing Sellout Moments In Hip-Hop History. On the flipside of that coin, there have been some dope moments when rappers starred in commercials for products, many times the commercials themselves more memorable than the items they were pushing. Let’s take a look….. 20. Lil Jon + Subway [cont.]

As we reported earlier this month, Fashawn is serious about remaking Illmatic. So serious in fact, that he serves up his take on “Life’s A Bitch”, featuring Talib Kweli. Fashawn + Talib Kweli – “Life’s A Bitch” (MP3)

Nas performance from over the weekend, (Aloha Tower in Honolulu on 03-19-2010), with special guest appearance from The RZArector.

Clearly the highlight of the entire SXSW festival thus far. Shot last night in Austin, Texas, in promotion of the duo’s upcoming Distant Relatives LP. Big up to CrunchyMunchin1. They call it murder.

XXL got the drop on the official tracklist for Nas & Damian Marley’s long-awaited collaborative LP, Distant Relatives. Amazon reports the current release date is May 25th, but is subject to change. TRACKLIST: 1. As We Enter 2. Tribal War (feat. K’NAAN) 3. Strong Will Continue 4. Leaders 5. Wisdom (Sabali) 6. Count Your Blessings [cont.]

What’s the hardest thing to do in rap? A hit record? Please, it seems that anyone with a cute gimmick can get one of those. Get a platinum album? Nope. Even with the decline in album sales, every year someone is bound to sell a million records. Get 5 Mics or win a Grammy? No [cont.]

Recent interview, Fashawn speaks on his XXL Freshman status, collaborating with Chace Infinite, the track “She Calls”, and…. remaking Illmatic? [Source: HHAL]

TMZ reports that Nas’s financial troubles are just beginning…. Apparently the-best-rapper-ever-in-our-opinion has a tax lien of $3,365,671.26, which has increased since the original October total of $2,484,206.31. As reported last week, he also owes over $200k to Kelis in child / spousal support. TMZ reports that Nas “doesn’t have a clue he’s going under financially [cont.]

Jay Electronica spoke to MTV on the future of his music, the release of his upcoming album, and future projects he is working on…. “It’s still Act II. Act III, the official album, which ‘Exhibit A’ and ‘Exhibit C’ are a part of [as well as] ‘Dear Moleskin,’ ” Jay said in Europe earlier this [cont.]

Backpackers read comics and fanboys like classic hip-hop? We can’t imagine anything like that to be true. Kenny Keil’s collection of comic book inspired rap album covers meshes the two into the ultimate nerdgasm. This, we like. Check out “The Great Adventures of Spider-Man”, “Dare Is A DarkSeid”, and more just beyond the link…. – [cont.]

Distant Relatives – Trailer What started off to be a collaborative EP “about Africa” between Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley has matured into a full-length magnum opus, to be titled Distant Relatives. The duo have been performing tracks from the project at this year’s Rock The Bells festival, and have recently released an EPK [cont.]