We witnessed the documentary Nas: Time Is Illmatic in Queensbridge projects. The documentary focuses on the inspiration behind a Hip Hop masterpiece.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Illmatic, Nas’ younger brother Jungle went back to Queensbridge to pay a visit to some of the places that served as backdrops for the legendary album.In an ...

Nas‘ Illmatic just turned 30 on Friday (4/19), and a new mural in Queens celebrates the occasion and pays tribute to the rapper. It was painted by Eli Lazare Salome-Diaz and Benny “FCEE ...

Nas did more than just shake up hip-hop with Illmatic, he turned the Queensbridge Houses into a monument. Twenty years ago, Nas raised the bar for hip-hop with the release of his seminal debut ...

Nas' 1994 Illmatic is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever — offering a raw and eloquent look at life in NYC's Queensbridge Projects. Now, more than 10 years ...

In 1994, an up and coming rapper from the Queensbridge Housing Projects in New York City released one of the greatest hip hop albums of all-time. That it was his debut release, after only having ...

In a YO! MTV Raps interview in 1994, a month after his debut album Illmatic was released, 20-year-old rapper Nasir “Nas” Jones told Fab Five Freddy that everything changed for him when he was just 7 ...

The film takes Nas back to his childhood home in Queensbridge, a public housing project in Queens, ... Nas: Time Is Illmatic will be released in New York and Los Angeles starting Wednesday, Oct. 1.

As Illmatic celebrates 25 years and its author readies a summer tour with Mary J. Blige, XXL revisits other 10 classic rap projects that wouldn’t sound quite the same without it. — Luke Fox ...

“Straight out the fuckin’ dungeons of rap,” boasts 20-year-old Nasir Jones on the introduction to “NY State of Mind,” the first full song on his legendary debut album. This week celebrates the ...