On this date in 2010, Queensbridge king Nas and reggae royalty Damian Marley dropped their collaborative album Distant Relatives on the Universal Republic/Def Jam imprint.

Considering that Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley have collaborated onstage for a while, it’s about time they lay down some tracks. “Distant Relatives” is their long awaited album. Nas and Marley ...

There's no precedent for Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley's "Distant Relatives." As much as their respective genres have exchanged with one another over the years, a major rapper and a major ...

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When rapper Nas and reggae star Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley first collaborated -- on "Road to Zion" from Marley's 2005 album "Welcome to Jamrock" -- the pair knew it was inevitable they would come ...

Nas & Damian Marley, "Distant Relatives," (Universal Republic)Nas and Damian Marley meet in the middle to create an empowering collaborative album, entitled "Distant Relatives." The New York ...

“Who says we can't go to Africa?” Those immortal words are uttered by Sincere, played by rapper Nas, in the gripping (if narratively challenged) 1998 film, Belly. They're words of hope, a desire to ...

“Who says we can’t go to Africa?” Those immortal words are uttered by Nas’s character, Sincere, in the gripping (if narratively challenged) 1998 film Belly.

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