(Photos) Wale, Raekwon And More Honor Nas During ‘Illmatic’ Tribeca Premiere!

As Nas opened the Tribeca Film Festival With his Documentary ‘Time Is Illmatic’, he received much praise from fellow lyricists as well as top notch celebs, including veteran actors. Robert Deniro co founder of the festival, introduced the film, that has been 10 years in the making!


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.


(Video) Nas Unveils ‘Time is Illmatic’ Documentary Teaser!

As Nas celebrates his Illmatic classic throughout the entire year, and readies the debut of his ‘Time Is Illmatic’ documentary during the Tribeca Film Festival, he has released a short introduction of the upcoming piece. check out the sneak below!


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