No you are not back in 1994. Common released the music video to “Ghetto Dreams” featuring Nas. I am so glad Common is back to creating real hip hop and not that robotic music he put out on his last album. The Dreamer, The Believer drops this fall on Warner Bros. Records. Check out the […]

Nas and Damien Marley performed at Philadelphia’s Electric Factory on Tuesday. If Nas and Damien Marley wasn’t enough star power for the crowd, I know things got bit more crazy when Will Smith stepped out on stage. Check out the clip below to see Nas and Will Smith go HAM on stage. Recent Post: Nas […]

Nas stopped by 106 & Park to promote his new single “Nasty” and also had this to say about his fallen friend Amy Winehouse. “She was a genuine person. She was like real.” “She was struggling with a lot of things in her life, but she was a real artist. She was like a little […]

Here is some unreleased music from Nas titled, “More Than I Can Say” featuring Keyshia Cole. Rumor is, the six year old collaboration was to appear on Diddy’s album Press Play but did not make the final cut. Nas is currently working on his next album “Life Is Good” so stay tuned. Check out the audio below. Recent […]

Today many of Amy Winehouse’s peers are mourning  the loss of another musical talent. The singer was found dead in her London apartment by local officials. Several of her supporters and collaborators tweeted their condolences and frustration over her death. “R.I.P Sis. Why u couldn’t chill??? ,” wrote Nas, who was spotted hanging out with […]

In the next installment of Vibe’s “Full Clip” series MC/producer Q-tip discusses his entire catalog of hip-hop hits for A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Nas, Biggie and more. The Queens, NY native has been making headlines for his dispute with actor/director Michael Rappaport over his group’s documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life. With a focus […]

Common ditches the electro-robotic sound on his last album, Universal Mind Control, and returns to the raw street vibe of his earlier works.  This sick beat is produced by none-other than No I.D., who also produced many songs one of my favorite Common albums, One Day It’ll All Make Sense. His upcoming album produced by […]

The Roots will kick off Philadelphia’s annual celebration of Black Music Month with their fourth-annual Roots Picnic on June 4th. The event will take place at Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing in the band’s hometown of Philadelphia, PA.  Black Thought, lead MC of The Roots spoke to TheUrbandaily.com about one of the Summers best shows.  […]

After the drama surrounding his desire to name his last album N*gger, Queens, NY rapper Nas is taking the safe way out with the name of his 10th solo album. Mr. Jones announced on his twitter page that it would simply be called Life Is Good. In 2010 Nas released an album with reggae star […]

Nasir “Nas” Jones won an Emmy Award for his work on a Liberyian documentary “Survival 1.” Nas produced, directed and scored the music for the film. “Survival 1” follows the journey of  amputee victims of the Liberian civil war who form a soccer team and eventually be came champions. He says “After all these years […]

While some rappers boo-hoo about paying homage some MCs actually get what that means. Elzhi, one of  the most tragically underrated MCs alive,  is finally releasing his long rumored mixtape, “ELmatic,” a tribute to Nas’ classic Illmatic. What makes this more than just someone spitting over another rappers beats, El enlisted the help of a […]

Mobb Deep has come back with guns blazing now that Prodigy is back home after doing a bid in jail.  The Infamous crew has linked up with fellow Queensbridge native Nas for the first time in over 10 years for a new song, “Dog Sh*t,” produced by The Alchemist.