#Kylie Vernia

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Balanchine's Serenade as performed by students from the School of American Ballet on the stage of the New York City Ballet, October 1, 2024. Kylie Vernia, standing, with Hugo Mestres and Maya Milic.

Photo: Erin Baiano for NYCB via the NY Times

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Club Dance @JUMP AZ

Church- Junior Hip Hop Line

Without- Junior Contemporary Duo (Nick Meola Choreography)

Brightyn Rines and Jonah Benyamin

Through Acceptance We Gain Strength- Junior Contemporary Duo (Danny Lawn Choreography)

Alexis Adair and Brooklin Cooley

Girl In The Mirror- Age 7 Jazz Large Group (Mimi Radovan Choreography)

Madison Medoro, Pallas Chiste, Aaliyah Diaz, Shaelynn Lilly, Brooklyn Barney, Hannah Bozer, Sophia Dasalla, Lillian Fanzo, Lulu Harris, Madison Knights, Leah Leon, Elsie Sandall, Lexi Wahlberg, Abigail Ries, Harper Peterson.

One Small Thing- JUMPstart Musical Theatre Line

Kalista Greer, Giana Leon, Berkeley Haak, Brielle Maciel, Finley Nielsen, Brynleigh O'Haver, Charlotte Allphin, Tylee Castaneda, Kendyl Miller, Paisley Morgan, Amari Offord, Skylar Phillips, Maysen Bosteter, Vanessa Bustamante, Cailyn West, Nicola Fleming.

Silver Screen- Age 12 Jazz Large Group (Danny Lawn Choreography)

Alexis Adair, Grace Skiba, Chloe Slone, Daylyn Lucky, Landrie Peterson, Paige Kracht, Jonah Benyamin, Adalina Cano, JT Church, Jayden Diaz, Eleda Dickenson, Jordan Hampton, Addison Hart, Natasha Tollett, Abbey Vernia.

Yacht Club- JUMPstart Musical Theatre Extended Line (Jennifer Peterson Choreography)

Bella Fernandez, Aften Harris, Harper Peterson, Madison Medoro, Pallas Chiste, Aaliyah Diaz, Lexi Diaz, Shaelynn Lilly, Abigail Ries, Brooklyn Barney, Hannah Bozer, Sophia Dasalla, Lillian Fanzo, Lulu Harris, Madison Knights, Leah Leon, Elsie Sandall, Nicole Soto, Ava Goodman, Madyson Barney.

Shape- Age 11 Contemporary Small Group (Choreography By Chelsea Jennings)

Alexis Adair, Brooklin Cooley, Brightyn Rines, Paige Kracht, Olivia Benyamin, Rachel Loiselle, Milla Fabirkiewicz.

Close Encounter- Age 12 Lyrical Jazz Large Group (DeQuan Lewis Choreography)

Brightyn Rines, Grace Skiba, Chloe Slone, Daylyn Lucky, Landrie Peterson, Jonah Benyamin, Adalina Cano, Jayden Diaz, Eleda Dickenson, Milla Fabirkiewicz, Jordan Hampton, Addison Hart, Bailey Lamagdelaine, Adelynne Sprague, Natasha Tollett, Abbey Vernia.

Begin the Beguine- Age 12 Character Large Group (Lucy Vallely Choreography)

Summer O'haver, Marley Heath, Alexis Adair, Brooklin Cooley, Brightyn Rines, Daylyn Lucky, Paige Kracht, JT Church, Milla Fabirkiewicz, Jenn Gamma, Reina Stamm.

Wind Beneath My Wings- Age 7 Lyrical Small Group (Chelsea Jennings Choreography)

Harper Peterson, Pallas Chiste, Abigail Ries, Hannah Bozer, Sophia Dasalla, Elsie Sandall, Nicole Soto,Lillian Fanzo.

One Reason- Age 12 Jazz Small Group (Chelsea Jennings Choreography)

Summer O'haver, Alexis Adair, Brooklin Cooley, Brightyn Rines, Daylyn Lucky, Paige Kracht, Adalina Cano.

Unser Leban- Age 12 Contemporary Large (Jessie Riley Choreography)

Summer O'haver, Brooklin Cooley, Chloe Slone, Daylyn Lucky, Landrie Peterson, Paige Kracht, JT Church, Jayden Diaz, Milla Fabirkiewicz, Addison Hart, Bailey Lamagdelaine, Adelynne Sprague, Abbey Vernia.

Cold- Age 12 Lyrical Jazz Small Group

Alexis Adair, Brooklin Cooley, Brightyn Rines, Chloe Slone, Daylyn Lucky, Landrie Peterson, Jordan Hampton, Addison Hart, Jenn Gamma.

The Whole Truth- Junior Contemporary Group (Chelsea Jennings)

Brightyn Rines, Paige Kracht, Brooklin Cooley, Summer O’Haver, Alexis Adair, Brooke Judge

Black Cat- Age 12 Open Large Group (Erica Marr Choreography)

Summer O'haver, Alexis Adair, Brooklin Cooley, Brightyn Rines, Chloe Slone, Daylyn Lucky, Landrie Peterson, Paige Kracht, Olivia Benyamin, Addison Fay, Jonah Benyamin, JT Church, Jayden Diaz, Eleda Dickenson, Milla Fabirkiewicz, Addison Hart, Jenn Gamma

It’s Breezy- Age 12 Hip Hop Large Group (Ricky Maalouf Choreography)

Summer O'haver, Alexis Adair, Brooklin Cooley, Brightyn Rines, Grace Skiba, Chloe Slone, Marriana Hedger, Daylyn Lucky, Landrie Peterson, Paige Kracht, Madison Levato-Demar, Jonah Benyamin, Adalina Cano, JT Church, Jayden Diaz, Milla Fabirkiewicz, Isaiah Wilson.

Here- Senior Contemporary Line

Always About You- Senior Specialty Group (DeQuan Lewis Choreography)

Lexee Crandall, Mckenna Dickson, Mia Wilson, Lindsey Surp, Taylor Knab, Chloe Davis, Alyssa Diaz, Tia Smith, Madeline Wood, Kylie Thorson.

Big Red Machine- Senior Contemporary Line

No Other Love- Senior Contemporary Group (Jessie Riley Choreography)

Jenn Gama, Brian Hopper, Jaycee Wilkins, Carlee Schield, Lexee Crandell, Cienne Bethea, Avery Stamm

Falling Faster Than You Can Run- Senior Contemporary Group (Chelsea Jennings Choreography)

Cienne Bethea, Lexee Crandall, Taylor Knab, Madeline Wood, Hailey Jimenez, Carlee Schield, Brinley Harris, Brooke Judge

Faded- Senior Contemporary Line

T- Senior Hip-Hop Line

Me & My Girls- Mini Jazz Line

Cambri Scholzen, Tayler Slone, Berkeley Haak, Cecelia Pham, Jaycee Grant, Kylie Slone, Taytum Thompson, Abigail Whipple, Delaney Fredrickson, Allison Hong, Blakelynn Jones, Aubrey Williams, Madison Dunwell.

Partner In Crime- Age 9 Musical Theatre Super Group (Mimi Radovan Choreography)

Makena Erickson, Bella Fernandez, Aften Harris, Brielle Langowski, Isabella Beasley, Madyson Barney, Posey Harris, Sydney Kelly, Sierra Lilly, Lexi Diaz, Alexis Alvarez, Mirah Charley, Sayler Conover, Ava Goodman, Brinklee Grako, Kanon Greer, Lisa Nelson, Colby Rich, McKenzie Robinson, London Skiba, Blake Tischler, Lexi Wahlberg, CJ Dolce.

Speaking French- Age 10 Musical Theatre Large Group

Olivia Bell, Isabelle Barnett, Ava Sweet, Hailey Baer, Addison Jones, Brooklyn Jones, Mylee Stoltz, Amaya Weeks, Olivia Benyamin, Julia Chavez, Addison Fay, Breeyn Goodman, Nyla Hemsley, Preslee Lund, Isabella Lynch, Emma Martin, Delaney Taylor, Grace McKinley.

End Of Time- Age 9 Jazz Large Group (DeQuan Lewis Choreography)

Lexi Diaz, Ava Goodman, Posey Harris, Sydney Kelly, Alexis Alvarez, Colby Rich, Bella Fernandez

Solace- Age 10 Contemporary Large Group (Nick Meola Choreography)

Elsie Check, Ava Sweet, Hailey Baer, Addison Jones, Brooklyn Jones, Ellie Tollefson, Amaya Weeks, Olivia Benyamin, Julia Chavez, Addison Fay, Breeyn Goodman, Nyla Hemsley, Isabella Lynch, Grace McKinley.

Elegance- Age 10 Musical Theatre Small Group

Isabella Lynch, Hailey Baer, Colby Rich, Elsie Check, Bella Fernandez, Ellie Toffelson, Mylee Stoltz, (Could Possibly be missing someone)

Less Talk- Mini Jazz Group (Chelsea Jennings Choreography)

Olivia Bell, Olivia Benyamin, Addison Jones, Breeyn Goodman, Brooklyn Jones, Rachel Loiselle, Delaney Taylor.

Trouble On My Mind- Age 9 Lyrical Jazz Large (Chelsea Jennings Choreography)

Bella Fernandez, Aften Harris, Brielle Langowski, Madyson Barney, Sierra Lilly, Lexi Diaz, Alexis Alvarez, Mirah Charley, Sayler Conover, Brinklee Grako, Kanon Greer, Colby Rich, McKenzie Robinson, Nyla Hemsley, Makena Erickson.

California Girls- Age 10 Jazz Super Group (Danny Lawn Choreography)

Olivia Bell, Elsie Check, Aften Harris, Isabelle Barnett, Ava Sweet, Hailey Baer, Isabella Beasley, Addison Jones, Brooklyn Jones, Ellie Tollefson, Mylee Stoltz, Amaya Weeks, Olivia Benyamin, Julia Chavez, Addison Fay, Nyla Hemsley, Preslee Lund, Isabella Lynch, Emma Martin, Grace McKinley, Alexa Zakaras.

Absence- Age 9 Contemporary Small Group

Ellie Smith, Isabella Beasley, Madyson Barney, Lexi Diaz, Alexis Alvarez, Ava Goodman, Brinklee Grako, Kanon Greer, McKenzie Robinson.

Someone Like You- Mini Lyrical Group (Jennifer Peterson Choreography)

The Chain- Mini Lyrical Line (Danny Lawn Choreography)

Ellie Smith, Isabelle Barnett, Addison Jones, Brooklyn Jones, Kanon Greer, Olivia Benyamin, Breeyn Goodman, Rachel Loiselle, Isabella Lynch, Grace McKinley, Delaney Taylor.

The Spiral- Mini Contemporary Group (Chelsea Jennings Choreography)

Olivia Bell, Isabelle Barnett, Addison Jones, Brooklyn Jones, Olivia Benyamin, Breeyn Goodman, Rachel Loiselle, Isabella Lynch, Delaney Taylor.

Forget About The Boy- Age 9 Musical Theatre Small Group (Chelse Jennings Choreography)

Kenzie Robinson, Aften Harris, Ellie Smith, Lexi Diaz, Makena Erickson, Isabella Beasley, Kanon Greer, Ava Goodman, Madyson Barney.

Ladies Room- Age 10 Open Large Group (Erica Marr Choreography)

Olivia Bell, Aften Harris, Isabelle Barnett, Hailey Baer, Addison Jones, Brooklyn Jones, Olivia Benyamin, Addison Fay, Rachel Loiselle, Isabella Lynch, Grace McKinley, Delaney Taylor, Breeyn Goodman.

Go Harder- Age 10 Hip Hop Large Group (Ricky Maalouf Choreography)

Olivia Bell, Bella Fernandez, Hailey Baer, Isabella Beasley, Addison Jones, Brooklyn Jones, Ellie Tollefson, Mylee Stoltz, Blake Tischler, Brinklee Grako, London Skiba, Lexi Wahlberg, Olivia Benyamin, Breeyn Goodman, Rachel Loiselle, Isabella Lynch, Grace McKinley, Delaney Taylor.

Noir- Teen Ballet Group (Josie Walsh Choreography)

Avery Stamm, Brian Hooper, Avery Gay, Reina Stamm, Gavin Morales.

Burning Up- Teen Jazz Group (Mimi Radovan Choreography)

Worship Me- Teen Jazz Line (Mimi Radovan Choreography)

Way We Ride- Teen Hip Hop Line

Pop Muzik- Teen Specialty Line(Lucy Valley Choreography)

Jordan Goldberg, Chevelle Heller, Emma Harris, Marley Heath, Carlee Schield, Madison Levato-Demar, Bella Calles, Brooke Judge, Jenna Valenzuela, Jaycee Wilkins, Sophia Benyamin, Bailey LaMagdelaine, Ava Check, Hailey Jimenez, Sophia Tepenzano

Bellyache- Teen Jazz Group (Danny Lawn Choreography)

Carlee Schield, Jenna Valenzuela, Summer O’Haver, Alexis Adair, Brooklin Cooley, Brooke Judge, Avery Gay.

Destinations- Teen Jazz Line (Danny Lawn Choreography)

Real World Persuit- Teen Contemporary Line

Alexis Adair, Brooklin Cooley, Bailey LaMagdelaine, Brooke Judge, Carlee Schield, Landrie Peterson, Jenn Gama, Jenna Valenzuela, Marley Heath, Paige Kracht, Summer O’Haver

De Aqui No Sales- Teen Specialty Extended Line (Andrew Winghart Choreography) morning

Edge Of Seventeen- Teen Contemporary Group (Chelsea Jennings Choreography)

Gavin Morales, Brooke Judge, Jenna Valenzuela, Carlee Schield, Chevelle Heller, Avery Stamm, Reina Stamm.

Full Of Love- Teen Contemporary Group

Jaycee Wilkins, Carlee Schield, Sophia Benyamin, Ava Check, Chevelle Heller and one other.

Kissing You- Teen Lyrical Line

Hanging By A Thread- Teen Lyrical Group (Danny Lawn Choreography)

Jenna Valenzuela, Carlee Schield, Avery Gay, Brooke Judge, Chevelle Heller, Bostyn Brown, Reina Stamm, Avery Stamm, Jaycee Wilkins.

Rinse And Repeat- Teen Jazz Line (Danny Lawn Choreography)

Jaycee Wilkins, Alexis Adair, Brooke Judge, Summer O’Haver, Bostyn Brown, Brooklin Cooley, Chevelle Heller, Jenna Valenzuela, Avery Stamm, Reina Stamm, Taylor Knab

Smash- Teen Ballroom Line (Erica Marr Choreography)

Madeline Wood, Bailey LaMagdelaine, Aspen Lynch, Addison Hart, Carlee Schield, Avery Stamm, Jenna Valenzuela, Mia Wilson, Bostyn Brown, Taylor Knab, Brooke Judge, Chloe Davis, Sophia Benyamin, Jaycee Wilkins, Aubrey Feuersten, Maia Rogers

Fan The Flame- Teen Contemporary Line

Dark Web- Teen Contemporary Line (Kirsten Russell Choreography)

Mia Wilson, Jaycee Wilkins, Lexee Crandall, Bostyn Brown, Brooke Judge, Makenna Dickinson, Jenna Valenzuela, Carlee Schield, Avery Stamm, Summer O’Haver, (Missing One)

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Nas & Travis Scott Discuss The Power Of Hip-Hop & Why Its Messages Cannot Be Stopped

Erick Sermon sometimes gets more credit for his production than his rhymes. However, for more than 30 years, the double-threat has penned some lyrics that are forever tattooed on the Hip-Hop consciousness. That has been true with EPMD, Def Squad, and alone. The MC who once proclaimed “I wish music would adopt me” has more than proven his dedication.

Now, only two months removed from a freestyle single that saw him pair with DJ Gumba on “CHILL” (embedded below) the Long Island, NY spitter is at it again. Appropriately, “Give It To Em,” a signature Erick Sermon-produced track, bleeds the funk and flair we’ve grown accustomed.

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After warming up his vocals and shouting out his return to form alongside Gumba for the second time in as many months, the legendary talent takes time to address emcees who have lost their way. “Ya time’s up/ you were hot a couple of summers / Yes, the kids used to look up to you / What happened? (that’s not the way to do it) ya singin’ now, you ain’t rappin’,” spits the Green-Eyed Bandit.



Immediately after that, he admits to being a workaholic – a trait that has seen him continue to push the envelope in various musical environments (Fresh, Priority, Dreamworks, Universal, etc.), and collaborations, including his most renowned days with EPMD. More than 30 years removed from his first musical endeavor, work ethic is something The Green-Eyed Bandit’s still respects:

“I love my job, yes, I go to work all the time / I puts in hours with the rhyme / So when I relay it, no need to okay it / They play it when I say it / Any place they’ll pay it / The Rick Rubin of the new school… but who cares, new cars are driven / They ask for more, and more is what I give em.”

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Having been away from the game since his 2015 release, E.S.P. (Erick Sermon’s Perception), E Double provides a fitting reminder of his consistency as he cruises through the second and final verse:

“I stepped away from the game / I wanted back the fame / I wanted back the name / Holla back, I’m the same with a stack / I’m the same in person when I rap / The same muthaf*cka in the trap / I got money, but no need to waste it / I did buy my girl a new bracelet / But not from Jacob, somebody else laced it.”

Diamond D’s New Album Features Erick Sermon, Pharoahe Monch, Talib Kweli & More

“Give It To Em” and “CHILL” are fitting appetizers to the main course that will be his eighth solo album, Vernia, an ode to his grandmother who died two years ago. The record, which he began recording around the same time period, boasts features among the likes of Styles P, AZ, Shaquille O’Neal, David Banner Too Short, Devin The Dude and more. Last month, E-Double released the Big K.R.I.T.-assisted “That Girl.”

If Gumba and Erick Sermon’s working rapport feels just right, expect more. The Long Island-bred DJ is set to combine the aforementioned tracks with other Def Squad efforts to produce an official mixtape featuring the entire crew.

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#BonusBeat: DJ Gumba and Erick Sermon’s “CHILL”:



Erick Sermon sometimes gets more credit for his production than his rhymes. However, for more than 30 years, the double-threat has penned some lyrics that are forever tattooed on the Hip-Hop consciousness. That has been true with EPMD, Def Squad, and alone. The MC who once proclaimed “I wish music would adopt me” has more than proven his dedication.

Now, only two months removed from a freestyle single that saw him pair with DJ Gumba on “CHILL” (embedded below) the Long Island, NY spitter is at it again. Appropriately, “Give It To Em,” a signature Erick Sermon-produced track, bleeds the funk and flair we’ve grown accustomed.

Erick Sermon & Big K.R.I.T. Join Forces To Celebrate Southern Women (Audio)

After warming up his vocals and shouting out his return to form alongside Gumba for the second time in as many months, the legendary talent takes time to address emcees who have lost their way. “Ya time’s up/ you were hot a couple of summers / Yes, the kids used to look up to you / What happened? (that’s not the way to do it) ya singin’ now, you ain’t rappin’,” spits the Green-Eyed Bandit.



Immediately after that, he admits to being a workaholic – a trait that has seen him continue to push the envelope in various musical environments (Fresh, Priority, Dreamworks, Universal, etc.), and collaborations, including his most renowned days with EPMD. More than 30 years removed from his first musical endeavor, work ethic is something The Green-Eyed Bandit’s still respects:

“I love my job, yes, I go to work all the time / I puts in hours with the rhyme / So when I relay it, no need to okay it / They play it when I say it / Any place they’ll pay it / The Rick Rubin of the new school… but who cares, new cars are driven / They ask for more, and more is what I give em.”

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Having been away from the game since his 2015 release, E.S.P. (Erick Sermon’s Perception), E Double provides a fitting reminder of his consistency as he cruises through the second and final verse:

“I stepped away from the game / I wanted back the fame / I wanted back the name / Holla back, I’m the same with a stack / I’m the same in person when I rap / The same muthaf*cka in the trap / I got money, but no need to waste it / I did buy my girl a new bracelet / But not from Jacob, somebody else laced it.”

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“Give It To Em” and “CHILL” are fitting appetizers to the main course that will be his eighth solo album, Vernia, an ode to his grandmother who died two years ago. The record, which he began recording around the same time period, boasts features among the likes of Styles P, AZ, Shaquille O’Neal, David Banner Too Short, Devin The Dude and more. Last month, E-Double released the Big K.R.I.T.-assisted “That Girl.”

If Gumba and Erick Sermon’s working rapport feels just right, expect more. The Long Island-bred DJ is set to combine the aforementioned tracks with other Def Squad efforts to produce an official mixtape featuring the entire crew.

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#BonusBeat: DJ Gumba and Erick Sermon’s “CHILL”:



In 2017, Nas and Travis Scott worked together alongside DJ Khaled for video single “It’s Secured” (embedded below). On paper, these artists may seem to represent different corners of Rap music, even while both have close collaborative ties to Kanye West.

Nas burst on the scene in the early 1990s. His debut album, Illmatic, appeased many purists, from The Source magazine to the readers of Ambrosia For Heads (who crowned it the Greatest Rap Album Of All-Time back in 2016). Nas’ most beloved music fits in the canon of East Coast boom-bap. The 45-year-old MC paints vivid pictures with words. Although he tends to shun the spotlight at times, his art often presents introspective lyrics deal with a bygone era of New York City, street crime, and overcoming a grim existence to becoming a mogul.

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Meanwhile, Travis Scott is from Houston, Texas. His music often defies genre. This 26-year-old sings, raps, and sometimes breaks into an all-out Rock Star display in his elaborate stage shows. Scott has a child as well as an ongoing relationship with Kylie Jenner, making him part of the globe’s most prominent celebrity family. Last year’s Astroworld topped the charts with a concoction of music that blends Rap, R&B, Psychedelic Rock, EDM, Screw music, and more. AFH selected it among last year’s best.

However, Nas and Travis Scott have plenty in common, as a conversation moderated by Playboy‘ Marcus Reeves shows. These two artists sit together in the back of a Bentley with L’s burning. Their discussion is about Hip-Hop, and how it continues to evolve and move with the same principles and purpose.

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Scott praises Nas’ era. “I’m guessing Hip-Hop used to be about bars and just a unique flow over beats. It was like straight soul, and man, you’re telling your story; it was just bar to bar, killing it, and not really about anything being catchy. It was just really raw,” he says. “The past generation knocked down so many doors where, you know, they were spitting a lot of pain, man. They was dealing with a lot of police stuff. We’re still dealing with that now, but it wasn’t so free. Now we got more of a voice at the label. We can kind of put out our own music whenever. You and I could do a song during this interview and upload it right now if we wanted to.”

Nas reacts, “That’s right. Being an MC or a rapper, you got to change with the times. I can stay me, sure, but the challenge is to stay with what’s going on. If you look at the great ones from back then, a lot of them have four albums; they had short careers. That’s changed now.” He also comments, “You said it was once about writing down the pain and all of that. Nowadays the pain has changed. We’re after different things. We broke past the barriers. We understand what we need to do and we’re in control of what we’re doing, and no one can stop it now. No one can tell us what to do, what we can’t do. Rap music can’t be stopped now.”

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Mentioning Scott’s action figure, Nas tells Travis he wishes he could execute things like that during the ’90s. He also explains how he admires the artist’s attitude towards the spotlight. “You [have been] doing something I wish I did when I was in my twenties, which was not giving the camera much. If you go back to one of the interviews I did on Video Music Box, I don’t look at the camera that much. Through the years, I would do award shows or whatever, and then I would skip the red carpet. The record label would be mad at me, that I’m up here and I’m selling all these units, and I won’t even walk the carpet. When you cover your face, so you don’t look down, I think, Damn, I wish…I live vicariously through you when you do that, bro, because I feel you on that. You [are] here to do the music and leave your stain on this world. Whether you be in front of them cameras or not, you don’t even care.” Scott agrees, despite his defacto celebrity status. “I don’t care. That’s my whole sh*t, bro. It’s about the music. I just express what a kid my age is going through in a time.”

Scott goes on to describe his expressive nature. Whereas Nas has made songs like “Sly Fox” and “What Goes Around,” Scott admits that he is careful to be about activism in his bars. “I wouldn’t say I don’t feel compelled to speak on political issues; sometimes you just don’t want to speak too much on stuff you don’t know much about. It’s not like I’m not thinking about what’s going on in the world. I’m an expressive artist, but with media and sh*t, it gets misconstrued. As I’m sitting with you right now, I’m still figuring this out, you know?”

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Nas responds, “Politics definitely affects the way I think, but the way I write is my day-to-day life. I did a song talking about daughters, because I have a daughter. ‘Daughters’ was nominated for a Grammy. I feel it—that’s why I wrote it—but I had no idea it would be acknowledged like that when it came out. So I write about day-to-day stuff, and I don’t plan to write anything political, because then it’s forced. It ain’t a natural expression.” Moments later, he adds, “Ray Charles and Billie Holiday and all of those great acts were entertaining and going through worse times than now. They were inspiring us. When Michael Jackson did Thriller, that was during Reaganomics. He gave us something to look at other than the politics, the propaganda, the lies. He gave us inspiration.” He praises efforts like Astroworld in a challenging political climate. “The politicians want our full attention. They’re hustling. I’m not getting caught up in that. I make music about life, and life comes before politics.”

The conversation closes with the two men talking about the sport of Rap. “This sh*t is a blood sport,” says Nas. “This sh*t ain’t easy. This is one of the hardest games ever. I love it right now because it’s testing you. What are you made of? Can you survive? What do you have to offer in 2019?” The MC who famously called sleep “the cousin of death” has not shifted his stance. “Because the moment you sleep, the moment you blink your eyes too long, your spot is taken. And that’s the excitement of it.”

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Travis reacts, “There’s no barrier. There’s just so much of a flow of things that we’re trying to—we’re gettin’ it out, and we’re expressing it in a different way: what’s happening during our time in life, what’s happening in the streets.”

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#BonusBeat: DJ Khaled, Nas, and Travis Scott’s “It’s Secured”:

In 2017, Nas and Travis Scott worked together alongside DJ Khaled for video single “It’s Secured” (embedded below). On paper, these artists may seem to represent different corners of Rap music, even while both have close collaborative ties to Kanye West.

Nas burst on the scene in the early 1990s. His debut album, Illmatic, appeased many purists, from The Source magazine to the readers of Ambrosia For Heads (who crowned it the Greatest Rap Album Of All-Time back in 2016). Nas’ most beloved music fits in the canon of East Coast boom-bap. The 45-year-old MC paints vivid pictures with words. Although he tends to shun the spotlight at times, his art often presents introspective lyrics deal with a bygone era of New York City, street crime, and overcoming a grim existence to becoming a mogul.

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Meanwhile, Travis Scott is from Houston, Texas. His music often defies genre. This 26-year-old sings, raps, and sometimes breaks into an all-out Rock Star display in his elaborate stage shows. Scott has a child as well as an ongoing relationship with Kylie Jenner, making him part of the globe’s most prominent celebrity family. Last year’s Astroworld topped the charts with a concoction of music that blends Rap, R&B, Psychedelic Rock, EDM, Screw music, and more. AFH selected it among last year’s best.

However, Nas and Travis Scott have plenty in common, as a conversation moderated by Playboy‘ Marcus Reeves shows. These two artists sit together in the back of a Bentley with L’s burning. Their discussion is about Hip-Hop, and how it continues to evolve and move with the same principles and purpose.

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Scott praises Nas’ era. “I’m guessing Hip-Hop used to be about bars and just a unique flow over beats. It was like straight soul, and man, you’re telling your story; it was just bar to bar, killing it, and not really about anything being catchy. It was just really raw,” he says. “The past generation knocked down so many doors where, you know, they were spitting a lot of pain, man. They was dealing with a lot of police stuff. We’re still dealing with that now, but it wasn’t so free. Now we got more of a voice at the label. We can kind of put out our own music whenever. You and I could do a song during this interview and upload it right now if we wanted to.”

Nas reacts, “That’s right. Being an MC or a rapper, you got to change with the times. I can stay me, sure, but the challenge is to stay with what’s going on. If you look at the great ones from back then, a lot of them have four albums; they had short careers. That’s changed now.” He also comments, “You said it was once about writing down the pain and all of that. Nowadays the pain has changed. We’re after different things. We broke past the barriers. We understand what we need to do and we’re in control of what we’re doing, and no one can stop it now. No one can tell us what to do, what we can’t do. Rap music can’t be stopped now.”

Nas Demands A Second Look At His Album With A Stunning Short Film (Video)

Mentioning Scott’s action figure, Nas tells Travis he wishes he could execute things like that during the ’90s. He also explains how he admires the artist’s attitude towards the spotlight. “You [have been] doing something I wish I did when I was in my twenties, which was not giving the camera much. If you go back to one of the interviews I did on Video Music Box, I don’t look at the camera that much. Through the years, I would do award shows or whatever, and then I would skip the red carpet. The record label would be mad at me, that I’m up here and I’m selling all these units, and I won’t even walk the carpet. When you cover your face, so you don’t look down, I think, Damn, I wish…I live vicariously through you when you do that, bro, because I feel you on that. You [are] here to do the music and leave your stain on this world. Whether you be in front of them cameras or not, you don’t even care.” Scott agrees, despite his defacto celebrity status. “I don’t care. That’s my whole sh*t, bro. It’s about the music. I just express what a kid my age is going through in a time.”

Scott goes on to describe his expressive nature. Whereas Nas has made songs like “Sly Fox” and “What Goes Around,” Scott admits that he is careful to be about activism in his bars. “I wouldn’t say I don’t feel compelled to speak on political issues; sometimes you just don’t want to speak too much on stuff you don’t know much about. It’s not like I’m not thinking about what’s going on in the world. I’m an expressive artist, but with media and sh*t, it gets misconstrued. As I’m sitting with you right now, I’m still figuring this out, you know?”

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Nas responds, “Politics definitely affects the way I think, but the way I write is my day-to-day life. I did a song talking about daughters, because I have a daughter. ‘Daughters’ was nominated for a Grammy. I feel it—that’s why I wrote it—but I had no idea it would be acknowledged like that when it came out. So I write about day-to-day stuff, and I don’t plan to write anything political, because then it’s forced. It ain’t a natural expression.” Moments later, he adds, “Ray Charles and Billie Holiday and all of those great acts were entertaining and going through worse times than now. They were inspiring us. When Michael Jackson did Thriller, that was during Reaganomics. He gave us something to look at other than the politics, the propaganda, the lies. He gave us inspiration.” He praises efforts like Astroworld in a challenging political climate. “The politicians want our full attention. They’re hustling. I’m not getting caught up in that. I make music about life, and life comes before politics.”

The conversation closes with the two men talking about the sport of Rap. “This sh*t is a blood sport,” says Nas. “This sh*t ain’t easy. This is one of the hardest games ever. I love it right now because it’s testing you. What are you made of? Can you survive? What do you have to offer in 2019?” The MC who famously called sleep “the cousin of death” has not shifted his stance. “Because the moment you sleep, the moment you blink your eyes too long, your spot is taken. And that’s the excitement of it.”

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Travis reacts, “There’s no barrier. There’s just so much of a flow of things that we’re trying to—we’re gettin’ it out, and we’re expressing it in a different way: what’s happening during our time in life, what’s happening in the streets.”

Heads who want to see vintage footage from Video Music Box can experience and support it at AFH TV. We are currently offering free 30-day trials.

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#BonusBeat: DJ Khaled, Nas, and Travis Scott’s “It’s Secured”:

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Nas & Travis Scott Discuss The Power Of Hip-Hop & Why Its Messages Cannot Be Stopped

Erick Sermon sometimes gets more credit for his production than his rhymes. However, for more than 30 years, the double-threat has penned some lyrics that are forever tattooed on the Hip-Hop consciousness. That has been true with EPMD, Def Squad, and alone. The MC who once proclaimed “I wish music would adopt me” has more than proven his dedication.

Now, only two months removed from a freestyle single that saw him pair with DJ Gumba on “CHILL” (embedded below) the Long Island, NY spitter is at it again. Appropriately, “Give It To Em,” a signature Erick Sermon-produced track, bleeds the funk and flair we’ve grown accustomed.

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After warming up his vocals and shouting out his return to form alongside Gumba for the second time in as many months, the legendary talent takes time to address emcees who have lost their way. “Ya time’s up/ you were hot a couple of summers / Yes, the kids used to look up to you / What happened? (that’s not the way to do it) ya singin’ now, you ain’t rappin’,” spits the Green-Eyed Bandit.



Immediately after that, he admits to being a workaholic – a trait that has seen him continue to push the envelope in various musical environments (Fresh, Priority, Dreamworks, Universal, etc.), and collaborations, including his most renowned days with EPMD. More than 30 years removed from his first musical endeavor, work ethic is something The Green-Eyed Bandit’s still respects:

“I love my job, yes, I go to work all the time / I puts in hours with the rhyme / So when I relay it, no need to okay it / They play it when I say it / Any place they’ll pay it / The Rick Rubin of the new school… but who cares, new cars are driven / They ask for more, and more is what I give em.”

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Having been away from the game since his 2015 release, E.S.P. (Erick Sermon’s Perception), E Double provides a fitting reminder of his consistency as he cruises through the second and final verse:

“I stepped away from the game / I wanted back the fame / I wanted back the name / Holla back, I’m the same with a stack / I’m the same in person when I rap / The same muthaf*cka in the trap / I got money, but no need to waste it / I did buy my girl a new bracelet / But not from Jacob, somebody else laced it.”

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“Give It To Em” and “CHILL” are fitting appetizers to the main course that will be his eighth solo album, Vernia, an ode to his grandmother who died two years ago. The record, which he began recording around the same time period, boasts features among the likes of Styles P, AZ, Shaquille O’Neal, David Banner Too Short, Devin The Dude and more. Last month, E-Double released the Big K.R.I.T.-assisted “That Girl.”

If Gumba and Erick Sermon’s working rapport feels just right, expect more. The Long Island-bred DJ is set to combine the aforementioned tracks with other Def Squad efforts to produce an official mixtape featuring the entire crew.

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#BonusBeat: DJ Gumba and Erick Sermon’s “CHILL”:



Erick Sermon sometimes gets more credit for his production than his rhymes. However, for more than 30 years, the double-threat has penned some lyrics that are forever tattooed on the Hip-Hop consciousness. That has been true with EPMD, Def Squad, and alone. The MC who once proclaimed “I wish music would adopt me” has more than proven his dedication.

Now, only two months removed from a freestyle single that saw him pair with DJ Gumba on “CHILL” (embedded below) the Long Island, NY spitter is at it again. Appropriately, “Give It To Em,” a signature Erick Sermon-produced track, bleeds the funk and flair we’ve grown accustomed.

Erick Sermon & Big K.R.I.T. Join Forces To Celebrate Southern Women (Audio)

After warming up his vocals and shouting out his return to form alongside Gumba for the second time in as many months, the legendary talent takes time to address emcees who have lost their way. “Ya time’s up/ you were hot a couple of summers / Yes, the kids used to look up to you / What happened? (that’s not the way to do it) ya singin’ now, you ain’t rappin’,” spits the Green-Eyed Bandit.



Immediately after that, he admits to being a workaholic – a trait that has seen him continue to push the envelope in various musical environments (Fresh, Priority, Dreamworks, Universal, etc.), and collaborations, including his most renowned days with EPMD. More than 30 years removed from his first musical endeavor, work ethic is something The Green-Eyed Bandit’s still respects:

“I love my job, yes, I go to work all the time / I puts in hours with the rhyme / So when I relay it, no need to okay it / They play it when I say it / Any place they’ll pay it / The Rick Rubin of the new school… but who cares, new cars are driven / They ask for more, and more is what I give em.”

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Having been away from the game since his 2015 release, E.S.P. (Erick Sermon’s Perception), E Double provides a fitting reminder of his consistency as he cruises through the second and final verse:

“I stepped away from the game / I wanted back the fame / I wanted back the name / Holla back, I’m the same with a stack / I’m the same in person when I rap / The same muthaf*cka in the trap / I got money, but no need to waste it / I did buy my girl a new bracelet / But not from Jacob, somebody else laced it.”

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“Give It To Em” and “CHILL” are fitting appetizers to the main course that will be his eighth solo album, Vernia, an ode to his grandmother who died two years ago. The record, which he began recording around the same time period, boasts features among the likes of Styles P, AZ, Shaquille O’Neal, David Banner Too Short, Devin The Dude and more. Last month, E-Double released the Big K.R.I.T.-assisted “That Girl.”

If Gumba and Erick Sermon’s working rapport feels just right, expect more. The Long Island-bred DJ is set to combine the aforementioned tracks with other Def Squad efforts to produce an official mixtape featuring the entire crew.

DJ Premier Discusses The Making Of Gang Starr’s Hard To Earn 25 Years Later

#BonusBeat: DJ Gumba and Erick Sermon’s “CHILL”:



In 2017, Nas and Travis Scott worked together alongside DJ Khaled for video single “It’s Secured” (embedded below). On paper, these artists may seem to represent different corners of Rap music, even while both have close collaborative ties to Kanye West.

Nas burst on the scene in the early 1990s. His debut album, Illmatic, appeased many purists, from The Source magazine to the readers of Ambrosia For Heads (who crowned it the Greatest Rap Album Of All-Time back in 2016). Nas’ most beloved music fits in the canon of East Coast boom-bap. The 45-year-old MC paints vivid pictures with words. Although he tends to shun the spotlight at times, his art often presents introspective lyrics deal with a bygone era of New York City, street crime, and overcoming a grim existence to becoming a mogul.

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Meanwhile, Travis Scott is from Houston, Texas. His music often defies genre. This 26-year-old sings, raps, and sometimes breaks into an all-out Rock Star display in his elaborate stage shows. Scott has a child as well as an ongoing relationship with Kylie Jenner, making him part of the globe’s most prominent celebrity family. Last year’s Astroworld topped the charts with a concoction of music that blends Rap, R&B, Psychedelic Rock, EDM, Screw music, and more. AFH selected it among last year’s best.

However, Nas and Travis Scott have plenty in common, as a conversation moderated by Playboy‘ Marcus Reeves shows. These two artists sit together in the back of a Bentley with L’s burning. Their discussion is about Hip-Hop, and how it continues to evolve and move with the same principles and purpose.

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Scott praises Nas’ era. “I’m guessing Hip-Hop used to be about bars and just a unique flow over beats. It was like straight soul, and man, you’re telling your story; it was just bar to bar, killing it, and not really about anything being catchy. It was just really raw,” he says. “The past generation knocked down so many doors where, you know, they were spitting a lot of pain, man. They was dealing with a lot of police stuff. We’re still dealing with that now, but it wasn’t so free. Now we got more of a voice at the label. We can kind of put out our own music whenever. You and I could do a song during this interview and upload it right now if we wanted to.”

Nas reacts, “That’s right. Being an MC or a rapper, you got to change with the times. I can stay me, sure, but the challenge is to stay with what’s going on. If you look at the great ones from back then, a lot of them have four albums; they had short careers. That’s changed now.” He also comments, “You said it was once about writing down the pain and all of that. Nowadays the pain has changed. We’re after different things. We broke past the barriers. We understand what we need to do and we’re in control of what we’re doing, and no one can stop it now. No one can tell us what to do, what we can’t do. Rap music can’t be stopped now.”

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Mentioning Scott’s action figure, Nas tells Travis he wishes he could execute things like that during the ’90s. He also explains how he admires the artist’s attitude towards the spotlight. “You [have been] doing something I wish I did when I was in my twenties, which was not giving the camera much. If you go back to one of the interviews I did on Video Music Box, I don’t look at the camera that much. Through the years, I would do award shows or whatever, and then I would skip the red carpet. The record label would be mad at me, that I’m up here and I’m selling all these units, and I won’t even walk the carpet. When you cover your face, so you don’t look down, I think, Damn, I wish…I live vicariously through you when you do that, bro, because I feel you on that. You [are] here to do the music and leave your stain on this world. Whether you be in front of them cameras or not, you don’t even care.” Scott agrees, despite his defacto celebrity status. “I don’t care. That’s my whole sh*t, bro. It’s about the music. I just express what a kid my age is going through in a time.”

Scott goes on to describe his expressive nature. Whereas Nas has made songs like “Sly Fox” and “What Goes Around,” Scott admits that he is careful to be about activism in his bars. “I wouldn’t say I don’t feel compelled to speak on political issues; sometimes you just don’t want to speak too much on stuff you don’t know much about. It’s not like I’m not thinking about what’s going on in the world. I’m an expressive artist, but with media and sh*t, it gets misconstrued. As I’m sitting with you right now, I’m still figuring this out, you know?”

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Nas responds, “Politics definitely affects the way I think, but the way I write is my day-to-day life. I did a song talking about daughters, because I have a daughter. ‘Daughters’ was nominated for a Grammy. I feel it—that’s why I wrote it—but I had no idea it would be acknowledged like that when it came out. So I write about day-to-day stuff, and I don’t plan to write anything political, because then it’s forced. It ain’t a natural expression.” Moments later, he adds, “Ray Charles and Billie Holiday and all of those great acts were entertaining and going through worse times than now. They were inspiring us. When Michael Jackson did Thriller, that was during Reaganomics. He gave us something to look at other than the politics, the propaganda, the lies. He gave us inspiration.” He praises efforts like Astroworld in a challenging political climate. “The politicians want our full attention. They’re hustling. I’m not getting caught up in that. I make music about life, and life comes before politics.”

The conversation closes with the two men talking about the sport of Rap. “This sh*t is a blood sport,” says Nas. “This sh*t ain’t easy. This is one of the hardest games ever. I love it right now because it’s testing you. What are you made of? Can you survive? What do you have to offer in 2019?” The MC who famously called sleep “the cousin of death” has not shifted his stance. “Because the moment you sleep, the moment you blink your eyes too long, your spot is taken. And that’s the excitement of it.”

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Travis reacts, “There’s no barrier. There’s just so much of a flow of things that we’re trying to—we’re gettin’ it out, and we’re expressing it in a different way: what’s happening during our time in life, what’s happening in the streets.”

Heads who want to see vintage footage from Video Music Box can experience and support it at AFH TV. We are currently offering free 30-day trials.

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#BonusBeat: DJ Khaled, Nas, and Travis Scott’s “It’s Secured”:

In 2017, Nas and Travis Scott worked together alongside DJ Khaled for video single “It’s Secured” (embedded below). On paper, these artists may seem to represent different corners of Rap music, even while both have close collaborative ties to Kanye West.

Nas burst on the scene in the early 1990s. His debut album, Illmatic, appeased many purists, from The Source magazine to the readers of Ambrosia For Heads (who crowned it the Greatest Rap Album Of All-Time back in 2016). Nas’ most beloved music fits in the canon of East Coast boom-bap. The 45-year-old MC paints vivid pictures with words. Although he tends to shun the spotlight at times, his art often presents introspective lyrics deal with a bygone era of New York City, street crime, and overcoming a grim existence to becoming a mogul.

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Meanwhile, Travis Scott is from Houston, Texas. His music often defies genre. This 26-year-old sings, raps, and sometimes breaks into an all-out Rock Star display in his elaborate stage shows. Scott has a child as well as an ongoing relationship with Kylie Jenner, making him part of the globe’s most prominent celebrity family. Last year’s Astroworld topped the charts with a concoction of music that blends Rap, R&B, Psychedelic Rock, EDM, Screw music, and more. AFH selected it among last year’s best.

However, Nas and Travis Scott have plenty in common, as a conversation moderated by Playboy‘ Marcus Reeves shows. These two artists sit together in the back of a Bentley with L’s burning. Their discussion is about Hip-Hop, and how it continues to evolve and move with the same principles and purpose.

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Scott praises Nas’ era. “I’m guessing Hip-Hop used to be about bars and just a unique flow over beats. It was like straight soul, and man, you’re telling your story; it was just bar to bar, killing it, and not really about anything being catchy. It was just really raw,” he says. “The past generation knocked down so many doors where, you know, they were spitting a lot of pain, man. They was dealing with a lot of police stuff. We’re still dealing with that now, but it wasn’t so free. Now we got more of a voice at the label. We can kind of put out our own music whenever. You and I could do a song during this interview and upload it right now if we wanted to.”

Nas reacts, “That’s right. Being an MC or a rapper, you got to change with the times. I can stay me, sure, but the challenge is to stay with what’s going on. If you look at the great ones from back then, a lot of them have four albums; they had short careers. That’s changed now.” He also comments, “You said it was once about writing down the pain and all of that. Nowadays the pain has changed. We’re after different things. We broke past the barriers. We understand what we need to do and we’re in control of what we’re doing, and no one can stop it now. No one can tell us what to do, what we can’t do. Rap music can’t be stopped now.”

Nas Demands A Second Look At His Album With A Stunning Short Film (Video)

Mentioning Scott’s action figure, Nas tells Travis he wishes he could execute things like that during the ’90s. He also explains how he admires the artist’s attitude towards the spotlight. “You [have been] doing something I wish I did when I was in my twenties, which was not giving the camera much. If you go back to one of the interviews I did on Video Music Box, I don’t look at the camera that much. Through the years, I would do award shows or whatever, and then I would skip the red carpet. The record label would be mad at me, that I’m up here and I’m selling all these units, and I won’t even walk the carpet. When you cover your face, so you don’t look down, I think, Damn, I wish…I live vicariously through you when you do that, bro, because I feel you on that. You [are] here to do the music and leave your stain on this world. Whether you be in front of them cameras or not, you don’t even care.” Scott agrees, despite his defacto celebrity status. “I don’t care. That’s my whole sh*t, bro. It’s about the music. I just express what a kid my age is going through in a time.”

Scott goes on to describe his expressive nature. Whereas Nas has made songs like “Sly Fox” and “What Goes Around,” Scott admits that he is careful to be about activism in his bars. “I wouldn’t say I don’t feel compelled to speak on political issues; sometimes you just don’t want to speak too much on stuff you don’t know much about. It’s not like I’m not thinking about what’s going on in the world. I’m an expressive artist, but with media and sh*t, it gets misconstrued. As I’m sitting with you right now, I’m still figuring this out, you know?”

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Nas responds, “Politics definitely affects the way I think, but the way I write is my day-to-day life. I did a song talking about daughters, because I have a daughter. ‘Daughters’ was nominated for a Grammy. I feel it—that’s why I wrote it—but I had no idea it would be acknowledged like that when it came out. So I write about day-to-day stuff, and I don’t plan to write anything political, because then it’s forced. It ain’t a natural expression.” Moments later, he adds, “Ray Charles and Billie Holiday and all of those great acts were entertaining and going through worse times than now. They were inspiring us. When Michael Jackson did Thriller, that was during Reaganomics. He gave us something to look at other than the politics, the propaganda, the lies. He gave us inspiration.” He praises efforts like Astroworld in a challenging political climate. “The politicians want our full attention. They’re hustling. I’m not getting caught up in that. I make music about life, and life comes before politics.”

The conversation closes with the two men talking about the sport of Rap. “This sh*t is a blood sport,” says Nas. “This sh*t ain’t easy. This is one of the hardest games ever. I love it right now because it’s testing you. What are you made of? Can you survive? What do you have to offer in 2019?” The MC who famously called sleep “the cousin of death” has not shifted his stance. “Because the moment you sleep, the moment you blink your eyes too long, your spot is taken. And that’s the excitement of it.”

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Travis reacts, “There’s no barrier. There’s just so much of a flow of things that we’re trying to—we’re gettin’ it out, and we’re expressing it in a different way: what’s happening during our time in life, what’s happening in the streets.”

Heads who want to see vintage footage from Video Music Box can experience and support it at AFH TV. We are currently offering free 30-day trials.

Andrew Yang Is The Rakim Of Politics (Video)

#BonusBeat: DJ Khaled, Nas, and Travis Scott’s “It’s Secured”:

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