Will hip-hop followers ever get to listen to Nas and Kendrick Lamar on the identical music? The previous isn’t ruling it out.
Sitting down with Advanced forward of his look at New York Comedian Con to advertise Mass Attraction and Marvel’s new Legend Has It comedian e book collaboration, the Queensbridge rap legend was requested concerning the prospect of leaping on a observe with King Kenny.
“Oh, man. It’s simply all concerning the artist,” he answered. “If you get the possibility to report and work collectively, for me it ought to really feel actually pure. That will be nice, I’d like to work with him.
“However I really feel prefer it must be clean the way in which it connects. Something I do with anyone, particularly somebody like [Kendrick], I simply wish to take my time with it. So we’ll see. Hopefully.”
Nas then modestly joked: “All you MCs on the market, give me a name, man! I received some verses right here and there. They’re hit and miss.”
Although Nas and Kendrick Lamar have but to work collectively on music, the mutual respect between the MCs runs deep.
After Kendrick was introduced because the headliner of the 2025 Tremendous Bowl halftime present final yr, Esco saluted him by writing on his Instagram Tales: “Congratulations to my brotha. Can’t wait to look at the get together die!!!!!”
Ok. Dot, in fact, referenced this submit on his GNX opener “Wacced Out Murals,” ferociosly rapping: “Gained the Tremendous Bowl and Nas the one one congratulate me / All these n*ggas agitated, I’m simply glad they showin’ they faces / Fairly frankly, lots artists, however they outdated / Outdated-ass flows, tryna persuade me that you simply they favourite.”
The Compton native additionally appeared to pay homage to Nas on that album, along with his “Man on the Backyard” beat sounding eerily harking back to Nas’ equally introspective Stillmatic traditional “One Mic.”
Extra just lately, Nas heaped excessive reward onto Kendrick in an interview with Rolling Stone, crowning him hip-hop’s “North Star” for his capability to talk up when hip-hop wants it, as evidenced on final yr’s “Watch the Social gathering Die.’
“Kendrick is likely one of the brightest stars we’ve ever seen, and I don’t solely imply famous person, I imply just like the North Star — I believe he’s a kind of,” he mentioned. “Out of all the artists on this enterprise, there’s some that’s not right here for the artwork. Once we see these folks that aren’t right here for the artwork damaging it, you’re hurting the way forward for the artwork. So I believe artists like Kendrick are going to talk out.”
Nas continued: “There’s a few ’em on the market, youthful, older that say what they are saying. I believe there was an OutKast video, a kind of guys wore a “Hip Hop Is Useless” shirt even earlier than I mentioned it, I didn’t see that till later. It’s simply been within the dialog naturally, like every sport you wish to thrive. You don’t need the NBA to start out slowing down. You need it to thrive. The ball gamers need it to thrive. We’re going to name out anytime we see it. Typically the remainder of us gained’t see it. Typically it’ll take Kendrick to remind us the place we’re missing.
