Nas & Kevin Durant on Any Given Wednesday w/ Bill Simmons

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Here's a highlight article on it as well:

Nas Declares Hip Hop Is In A "Better" Place 10 Years After "Hip Hop Is Dead"

It’s been nearly 10 years since Nas famously put Hip Hop in a casket on his 2006 record, “Hip Hop Is Dead.”

A decade after the song dropped, Nas was asked if he still shares the same sentiment during an appearance on HBO’s “Any Given Wednesday With Bill Simmons.” Thanks to the likes of Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, and Drake, the Queensbridge lyricist revealed that Hip Hop is now in a “better” place.

He added that not only is the trio of emcees he mentioned “great artists,” they’ve also inspired him as a musician.

“Better,” Nas replied when asked if Hip Hop is in a better or worse place. “Because it gave birth to Kendrick and J. Cole. Drake and a few other great, great artists … They inspire me. Drake said something on his first album about me. In the liner notes. And J. Cole made an interesting song about me. And Kendrick has said some really positive words. He gave me a shout out when he won his Grammy. So, they inspire me.”

Back in 2010, Nas shared a similar viewpoint during an interview with the Wall Street Journal, stating that Hip Hop “died several times, but I do believe in the heartbeat of it right now.”

Nas later touched on his past feud with Jay Z, which he referred to as “a healthy rap rivalry.” He explained that what he learned from his beef with Hov was that such feuds can quickly spiral out of hand.

“It was a healthy rap rivalry,” the rapper said. “It went a little too far. But look at the results. Things can go really too far. Things can get out of hand. And we’re expected to be leaders. Especially coming from communities that we come from. We gotta do better. It’s up to us. We’re responsible for these kids that’s looking at us. For our families. It’s not just sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll. And nothing matters. Yes, it matters. We learned. I learned from losing Biggie and Pac.”

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[Run Up]

Watched it last night, good shyt. The first segment was Bill & Vince Staples talking about "diss tracks" (things they don't like in sports news right now).

 

[BossMobb]

Caught this last night. Might watch to see who's on in the future.

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

Great shyt:escosalute:

 

[Frida Giezman]

Haven't seen this show yet

I know nas don't know shyt about sports though so I hope they didn't ask him any sports questions lol

And the quotes above kinda make nas sound a lil narcissistic

Like hip hop is alive now because the younger dudes are shouting him out?

 

[IllmaticDelta]

tight

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

I'm good, Bill Simmons gets no play in this ride no matter who's on the show.

 

[Cadillac]

will check this out later on

 

[goldynchyld]

love this. thanks OP.

 

[SirBiatch]

Haven't seen this show yet

I know nas don't know shyt about sports though so I hope they didn't ask him any sports questions lol

And the quotes above kinda make nas sound a lil narcissistic

Like hip hop is alive now because the younger dudes are shouting him out?

that's much closer to reality than y'all are willing to stomach.

Do you really think exceptional artists like Nas/Jay-Z etc are actually listening to these new overhyped wack rappers word for word, beat for beat? George Clinton can't even name one Kendrick Lamar song, doesn't know any of the words but worked with him for that Interscope check

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

Haven't seen this show yet

I know nas don't know shyt about sports though so I hope they didn't ask him any sports questions lol

And the quotes above kinda make nas sound a lil narcissistic

Like hip hop is alive now because the younger dudes are shouting him out?

Breh NaS is a HUGE sports fan.

 

[mr x]

da gawds

 

[Frida Giezman]

Breh NaS is a HUGE sports fan.

Lol the hell he ain't

You might catch him at the occasional sporting event but he don't know sports

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

rep pending

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

Lol the hell he ain't

You might catch him at the occasional sporting event but he don't know sports

Before I say how let me ask you how do you know this