On Friday (Dec. 12), hip-hop fans were gifted with an album 30 years in the making (and waiting): a collaborative album between hip-hop legends, rapper Nas and producer DJ Premier titled “Light-Years.

From that first grimy masterpiece through concept records, comeback cuts, and even orchestral experiments, their partnership stayed remarkably pure in the midst of sharp bars, surgical drums, and a ...

Even when he was too young to have one, Nas was fixated on the past. His breakout moment, the starmaking first verse from ...

Nas and DJ Premier’s long-awaited collaborative album, Light-Years, has finally arrived. Fans have waited decades for this moment. The album drops via Mass Appeal with the force of a cultural ...

Nas and DJ Premier finally delivered their long-awaited album, but the rush to judge it may be missing the deeper point of what this project represents. Everybody is talking about DJ Premier and Nas’s ...

It took decades of pestering, but golden-era hip-hop heads finally got their wish. The duo’s synergy has been obvious since the Queensbridge rapper’s 1994 debut, Illmatic, which features three ...

“Define My Name” arrives at midnight on Friday (April 19). Thirty years later, the dynamic duo has reunited for another track called “Define My Name.” Preemo announced the news in an Instagram post on ...

Nas and DJ Premier’s long-promised joint album has officially outwaited Detox. Yet unlike Dr. Dre’s scrapped release, this one is actually on the way. Or so they say it is. You can’t knock a little ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On Friday (Dec. 12), hip-hop fans were gifted with an album 30 years in ...

OPINION: “Light-Years” isn’t about chasing their younger selves—it’s about showing that hip-hop’s elders can still create, contribute, and command the culture. Editor’s note: The following article is ...