Stereogum — Drake and Nas appear side-by-side in a new commercial for Sprite, made up of footage from their February co-headlining show at Irving Plaza in NYC that was sponsored by the soda company. The ad is meant to promote Sprite’s new limited-edition run o... more info

Stereogum — Run The Jewels closed out this weekend’s Northside Festival in Brooklyn at 50 Kent, and they brought out Nas during their set to perform his 2002 track “Made You Look.” It’s the second time that the Brooklyn rapper joined the duo on stage —... more info

Nialler9 — Life Festival takes place in Belvedere House this weekend and it looks like the best one yet with Nas, Squarepusher, Siriusmodeselektor, Ratking, Ben UFO and The Magician all under one sky raving. Bacardí have gifted me a pair of tickets to the even... more info

Stereogum — The once-mysterious Brooklyn rapper Your Old Droog has lost a lot of his mystique now that he’s revealed his identity and people have realized that he’s not Nas rapping under an alter-ego. But he’s made up for it by cranking out a steady supply... more info

Stereogum — Last we heard from teenage New York rapper Bishop Nehru, he’d teamed up with the iconic underground rap crusader Doom to release the collaborative album NehruvianDOOM. It was a good look, and when a newcomer elicits attention from a heavyweight lik... more info

Stereogum — The great golden-era rap trio De La Soul has turned to Kickstarter to fund their next album, and they’ve lined up a roster of guests that includes Damon Albarn, David Byrne, and 2 Chainz. And though it’s not part of the forthcoming album, they’... more info

The Telegraph — The locations photographed for likes of Nas's Illmatic and Jurassic 5's Quality Control have been found on Google more info

Stereogum — Earlier today Jay Z shared the video for the Blue Ivy-inspired 2012 track “Glory” on his new streaming platform Tidal, and now a version for the non-subscribers among us has surfaced. The clip shows Jay Z rehearsing for his Carnegie Hall performa... more info

Stereogum — Brooklyn ’90s-rap revivalist Your Old Droog is a man who sounds so much like Illmatic-era Nas that people online were convinced he really was Nas for a few months. He came back earlier this year with the goofy but intermittently great rock-themed m... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2015 Osheaga Festival happens July 31 - August 02 in Montreal's Parc Jean-Drapeau. This year's lineup includes St. Vincent, Kendrick Lamar, Future Islands, Hot Chip, Nas, Father John Misty, Alt-J, The War on Drugs, Weezer and lots more.... more info