Nas Breaks Down "Distant Relatives" Roots, "Reggae & Hip-Hop Are Cousins"

[Elano]

Grammy-nominated rapper Nas has spoken on the underlying theme behind his forthcoming Distant Relatives collaboration with Damian Marley.
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According to Nas, the new album shows him connecting with his reggae background.

    "Reggae and hip-hop are cousins,'' he said in an interview. "Go back before the '90s and think about the music that was playing on the ghetto blasters and you'll hear it...The whole world is like family, split up all over the place. It's overdue, and I want to help build whatever we can [in Africa]. I've worked with a lot of reggae artists, like Sizzla and Supercat, but not until [2005's] Jamrock did I get a chance to work with Damian. I love his music and I'm a big fan of Bob Marley and the whole family. We haven't worked out any tour dates yet. But I'm sure Damian and I will do something soon." (Miami Herald)

[StreetsAllSalute]

any tour they do..im going...end of discussion

[Beatzz]

nice

[you gon always be my latin queen bitch]

what if....

any tour they do..im going...end of discussion

[Muhfukka]

he didnt really talk about anything musically, he just said hes worked with sizzla and supercat who are almost rappers themselves. i still think this album has a lot of potential but im skeptical

[StreetsAllSalute]

he didnt really talk about anything musically, he just said hes worked with sizzla and supercat who are almost rappers themselves. i still think this album has a lot of potential but im skeptical

sizzla almost a rapper??

[Muhfukka]

he didnt really talk about anything musically, he just said hes worked with sizzla and supercat who are almost rappers themselves. i still think this album has a lot of potential but im skeptical

sizzla almost a rapper??

yeah he sings too but most of his stuff is the rub a dub dancehall shit