Nas performed a dramatic 20th anniversary concert with the National Symphony Orchestra on Friday and Saturday at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and he’s set to release an anniversary album with several previously-unreleased tracks on April 15. The following day, two filmmakers will showcase a new documentary about the making of the album, “Time is Illmatic” at the Tribeca Film festival.
Asked to reflect on the anniversary at an event with Dyson at Georgetown on Thursday, the 40-year-old rapper said his sustained popularity was a lesson for all the naysayers.
“Every time someone in power tries to hold back the truth in any aspect,” Nas said, “they lose.”
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