On this date in 2010, Queensbridge legend Nas and reggae royalty Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley released their powerful collaborative project Distant Relatives via Universal Republic/Def Jam. This ...

The culture and music of reggae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae and hip-hop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music have much in common -- weed, sure, but also ...

Considering that Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley have collaborated onstage for a while, it’s about time they lay down some tracks. “Distant Relatives” is their long awaited album. Nas and Marley ...

There's no precedent for Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley's "Distant Relatives." As much as their respective genres have exchanged with one another over the years, a major rapper and a major reggae ...

“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 ...

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

On this date in 2010, Queensbridge king Nas and reggae royalty Damian Marley dropped their collaborative album Distant Relatives on the Universal Republic/Def Jam imprint. This Hip Hop/reggae collabo ...