Not content with just being announced as part of the rather-weak Lollapalooza 2011 lineup today, Nas and Damian Marley have dropped the music video for “Nah Mean” from their album Distant Relatives.

Black music has many streams of expression, 2 of the most prominent being Hip-Hop and Reggae. And when you go back far enough, these traditions are seen to have their roots in the music of Africa.

At 36, Nas has been one of hip-hop’s most consistent record makers for the last decade. While his latest offering, Distant Relatives, isn’t stone genius like, say 2001’s Stillmatic, it’s one of his ...

Nas and Damian Marley celebrated today’s release of their ambitious rap-meets-reggae album, Distant Relatives, with a performance last night (May 17) at a sold-out Highline Ballroom in New York City.

“Who says we can't go to Africa?” Those immortal words are uttered by Sincere, played by rapper Nas, in the gripping (if narratively challenged) 1998 film, Belly. They're words of hope, a desire to ...