Nas, Mainstream?

What was it like to be accepted by the mainstream via the film fest, moderator Gayle King asked Nasir Jones about his up-coming documentary, Time Is Illmatic making its debut during April’s TriBeCa Film Festival. Last evening, the Tanning Of America: One Nation Under Hip-Hop premiere took place and along with King were panelists Nas, Al Sharpton, Fab 5 Freddy, Daymond John and Steve Stoute, author of he Tanning Of America: How Hip-Hop Created A Culture That Rewrote The Rules Of The New Economy. While Sharpten thinks that mainstream fell upon Nas, Nas doesn’t doesn’t think that he’a mainstream at all. “Nas never wanted to go mainstream,” Sharpton said during the discussion. “Instead, the mainstream went to Nas.” Find out the “Nasty” rapper’s response to the question, after the jump.


15 Reasons To Read ‘The Tanning of America’ By @SteveStoute

While running surfing the web and clicking link after link I the site for Steve Stoute’s new book entitled The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy. While making my way throught the site I found this post called 15 reasons people should pick up a copy of the book and now I share it with you. Make sure you pick up yor copy which is in stores now. Hit the jump to find out why this book is a good read. @WiL


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