Nas is celebrating a whopping 20 years in the game (insane!) and XXL honored him with the cover for their November issue to commemorate the milestone. In an interesting twist, they had newbie Tyler the Creator interview the nasty one and aside from a bunch of “awkward and quirky exchanges” at first, Nas dropped some gems on the Odd Future frontman. Check out an excerpt from the interview below. The new issue hits stands October 25th.

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“Are you, like—this question might catch you off guard, but I ask myself this—like, when you wake up, like, are you happy,” Tyler asked. “Like, are you satisfied how everything turned out?”

“Dawg, I was naming my album Life Is Good because of how happy I am about how happy things have turned out,” Nas answered. “Sometimes I may wake up and wish my kids were living with me. That’s the only thing, you know what I mean? Our loved ones that are not around no more, like my mom. That’s the only thing. But other than that, everything is great, even when I’m alone. Even when there’s no one around.”