MISSED IT? Nas Teams Up With Damiam Marley For The "Distant Relatives" Music Video (VIDEO)

Kanye West send this video out via Twitter today and just reminded us, that we never got the chance to post it up.....this one's for all the Nas and Marley fans out there...

DISTANT RELATIVES "Patience" from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.

Jay-Z Says His "TakeOver" Diss To Nas Was 1000 Times Better Than Nas' "Ether" (AUDIO)

Jay-Z recently spoke about the legendary battle between him and fellow rap legend, Nas. Jay says his "Takeover" is 1000 times better than Nas' "Either" ...Do you agree?

Listen below:

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For me, the Jay-Z/ Nas beef was one of the biggest beef in Hip-Hop to date. Being from Queens, I was a HUGE Nas fan, and no one could tell me different! But you can't deny it Nas stans......Jay definitely got 'em didn't he? I'm saying, I'm still a Nas supporter all day, but Jay-Z basically ended Nas' career as we knew it! Jay went on to sell millions, start a clothing line, marry Beyonce, become Def Jam's President, be a 9/11 hero and sit his Hip-Hop ass all up in the White House. I really wish things would have turned out differently for Nas....


So does the question still stands....who won that battle?


Check out the Jay/ Nas disses below:


Jay's "Takeover"




Nas answered with "Ether"





Then Jay came back with "Super Ugly" ....classic

Nas Writes Enraged Letter To Def Jam Execs: "PUT MY SH*T OUT!" (Read it here)

From: Nas
To: LA Reid, Steve Bartels, Steve Gawley, Michael Seltzer, Joseph Borrino, Chris Hicks
Subject: PUT MY SH*T OUT!

Peace to all,

With all do respect to you all, Nas is NOBODY's slave. This is not the 1800's, respect me and I will respect you.

I won't even tap dance around in an email, I will get right into it. People connect to the Artist @ the end of the day, they don't connect with the executives. Honestly, nobody even cares what label puts out a great record, they care about who recorded it. Yet time and time again its the executives who always stand in the way of a creative artist's dream and aspirations. You don't help draw the truth from my deepest and most inner soul, you don't even do a great job @ selling it. The #1 problem with DEF JAM is pretty simple and obvious, the executives think they are the stars. You aren't.... not even close. As a matter of fact, you wish you were, but it didn't work out so you took a desk job. To the consumer, I COME FIRST. Stop trying to deprive them! I have a fan base that dies for my music and a RAP label that doesn't understand RAP. Pretty fucked up situation

This isn't the 90's though. Beefing with record labels is so 15 years ago. @ this point I just need you all to be very clear where I stand and how I feel about "my label." I could go on twitter or hot 97 tomorrow and get 100,000 protesters @ your building but I choose to walk my own path my own way because since day one I have been my own man. I did business with Tommy Mottola and Donnie Einer, two of the most psycho dudes this business ever created. I worked well with them for one major reason....... they believed in me. The didn't give a f**k about what any radio station or magazine said....those dudes had me.

Lost Tapes is a movement and a very important set up piece for my career as it stands. I started this over 5 years ago @ Columbia and nobody knew what it was or what it did but the label put it out as an LP and the fans went crazy for it and I single handlely built a new brand of rap albums. It's smart and after 5 years it's still a head of the game. This feels great and you not feeling what I'm feeling is disturbing. Don't get in the way of my creativity. We are aligned with the stars here, this is a movement. There is a thing called KARMA that comes to haunt you when you tamper with the aligning stars. WE ARE GIVING THE PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT. Stop throwing dog s**ton a MAGICAL moment.

You don't get another Nas recording that doesn't count against my deal....PERIOD! Keep your bulls**t $200,000.00 fund. Open the REAL budget. This is a New York pioneers ALBUM, there ain't many of us. I am ready to drop in the 4th quarter. You don't even have s**tcoming out! Stop being your own worst enemy. Let's get money!

-N.Jones

Top Celebrity Best Friends! Tyra, Kimora, Gayle, Oprah..Who else? Find out here [PHOTOS]

We know the usuals..but wow, I didn't even realize some of them were so close!!

Check out the top celebrity BFF's below!

Tyra Banks and Kimora Lee Simmons.

These two have been 2 peas in a pod since their teenage years.



Chris Brown and Teyana Taylor.



Nas and Maxwell. Who knew lol



Swizzy and Reggie.


Lupe and Pharell.


Lil Kim and Lisa Ray.


"Friends," Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox


Khloe Kardashian and Lauren London.


Jay-Z, Beyonce, Chris Martin (Cold Play,) Gwyneth Paltrow.

Really close.... lol


Here's another family friendship...

Jada Pinket and Katie Holmes and their husbands Will Smith and Tom Cruz.


Ciara and Lala.



and the best friends of all best friends...

Oprah and Gayle!

Nas Has To Pay Kelis Over 350K! Damnnnnnn......

In case you missed it, Rapper Nas was cleared of a civil contempt charge on Monday in connection with his divorce from Kelis!

According to a statement from his spokesperson released on Wednesday,

"The contempt charges that were filed against Nas earlier this year in conjunction with his ongoing custody battle were thrown out yesterday by Judge David Cunningham III presiding over the case. Nas has paid all of the child support owed in full. His legal counsel today also settled on additional undisclosed financial terms, which included attorneys' fees and spousal support."

But dude is STILL paying like his whole life savings to homegirl.... Those contempt charges were dismissed AFTER Nas paid nearly $50,000 in child support to Kelis.

An attorney for Kelis asked a judge to lodge the contempt charge earlier this year after her ex (Nas) fell $200,000 behind on his spousal and child-support payments. In December, he was ordered to pay $51,000 a month to support Kelis and the couple's infant son, Knight Jones.

Damnnnn....are YOU keeping up??

Married in 2005, Nas, 36, and Kelis, 30, split in April 2009, just a few months before the birth of their son. Kelis filed for divorce last May, and they have been embroiled in a nasty court battle ever since.

In an earlier report, TMZ claimed that the contempt charges were thrown out by Judge Cunningham after the rapper ponied up $47,249 in child support, $40,454 in back alimony and vowed to pay off the $299,000 he still owes her in $10,000 monthly installments. Nas was also reportedly ordered to pick up the tab for more than $48,000 worth of Kelis' accounting expenses and 90 percent of her legal fees, which were said to total $155,787. A spokesperson for Nas could not be reached at press time to confirm the figures reported by TMZ.

According to the report Nas will need to pay of some bills along with raising the kids and making music as the claim is that he owes $10,000 per month in alimony until he pays of the $299,015.50 spousal support fee he owes the R&B songstress ex-wife.

More bills - the report claims he also needs to pay $48,549.83 to cover Kelis' accounting expenses and 90 percent of her legal fees in the amount of $155,797.28.


In announcing the settling of the latest contentious matter between the couple, Nas said in a statement,

"All I want to do is make music and raise my kids. Nothing else matters."

I feel bad for Nas, I really do. Kelis aka "Her Milkshake brings all the boys to the yard" knows how to milk em huh?

That's a sh*t load of money for someone who is also an entertainer herself.

Jay-Z, Nas & 50 Cent To Collab????

Rumor is going around that a remix to Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" might feature verses from Nas and 50 Cent. Apparently, someone leaked information after eavesdropping on a conversation at a New York Giant's office. This would be bizarre on several levels, most specifically because 50 has never squashed his beefs with Nas and Jay -- who once had an ongoing beef of their own that was settled years ago.

Hmm..I'll keep you posted!

Nas Fails Sobriety Test! [VIDEO FOUND]

TMZ has gotten hold of the dashboard footage from Nas being pulled over a while ago.

Producer, NO I.D, Sample Lover or Thief? YOU BE THE JUDGE...

SAMPLE LOVER OR THIEF?

Original Sample from "Run This Town" (Prod. By MLVK Jr.)



As u can see the only thing he sampled was that Guitar riff from the intro...
Listen below to hear how similar it is...




Original sample from "A Star Is Born"




Jay-Z - A Star is Born (feat. J. Cole) - 'The Blueprint 3' 2009




Now here's the Original sample from "DOA" ("Prod. By No I.D.")

This is pretty much 90% of what we hear on DOA....he didn't rearrange the track...the only difference between this and DOA is Jay's lyrics



Jay-Z, DOA


He did the same with "Success"




Jay Z ft. Nas- Success