Summary

As Nas once said, “War Is Necessary.” The Queensbridge rap legend has just about seen it all in his more than three decades as a hip-hop dignitary, but he feels that the genre’s fabric has eroded compared to the formative era he was raised in. Nas posted a letter to Instagram on Thursday (Oct. 15) voicing his frustrations with the current state of rap and the music industry’s tendency to cast aside its foundational luminaries, which has fueled him in the studio.

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