Although the couple appeared to be reconciled their differences recently, Nas has requested a judge to block paying over $72,000 a month in spousal support to his estranged wife, Kelis. The rapper filed the papers this week via his lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan and also asked for joint custody of ...
Rapper NAS has filed a legal bid to prevent his estranged wife KELIS from receiving spousal support payments.The former hip-hop supercouple has been embroiled in a bitter divorce since April (09), just three months before the birth of their son Knight.In July (09), Nas was ordered to pay a whopping $55,000 (£34,375)-a-week in spousal and [...]
Kelis isn't the only person trying to get money from Nas -- turns out Uncle Sam is too! Close Sourcces has obtained a federal tax lien filed last month against Nas for a whopping $2,584,206.31. Looks like Nas didn't pay his taxes in 2006 and 2007. Nas is currently involved in a ...
Rapper NAS has been hit with a massive $2.5 million (£1.7 million) demand from U.S. tax officials, according to reports.The hip-hop star is accused of failing to keep up with his taxes in 2006 and 2007, and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials have taken their case to court in a bid to recoup the cash.IRS [...]
The homegirl that we all know and love, Miss Info, speaks about her 5 Mic rating she gave Nas' Illmatic (full review after the jump) when she used to write for The Source under the alias of Shortie. Classic.[click to enlarge]
If you actually are a real hip-hop fan you can see that '08 wasn't that bad of a year for Hip-Hop. I thought it was actually a good year in recent memory (2005 was a low-point in Hip-Hop for me). I feel there was plenty of real MC's and producers makin that quality rap music to keep you way from R&B-ish radio music that some how gets away with being called Hip-Hop. For every Plies, Lil Booise, ...
--- - |- Finally saw The Wackness this weekend, and while it was only a slightly above average film with a couple of really solid performances -- namely, Olivia Thirlby and Josh Peck -- it was definitely elevated by the classic hip-hop soundtrack, and it ultimately ended up resonating with me because of the basic premise and era (seventeen-year-old kid comes of age in the summer of '94, says "...
My friends just shared this video with me and I was not to sure if it was here on MOG. This video gives me hope and empowerment for the world to have change.To me, electing Obama as President of the United States would be a monuemental change for our country. Maybe we can really be the change that we want to see in the world that Gandhi preached. Maybe others could begin to listen to one anothe...
Rating: 9 out of 10The Good: I simply cannot say enough good things about this album. Hip hop is definitely not dead. The Bad: "We Make The World Go Round" with Chris Brown & The Game seems out of place. It's a pretty good song, but considering the tone of the album it sticks out like a sore thumbThe Ugly: No uglies, but "Be A Nigger Too" didn't make the cut, and isn't included on the album at ...
I'm sure most of you guys have heard about Derrion Albert, the 16 year old kid who was savagely beaten to death during a gang altercation he had nothing to do with in Chicago. The entire incident was captured on a cell phone video and is widely available on the web, I tried to watch some of it but had to turn it off after 15-20 seconds because the contents are truly disgusting.Rapper Nas wrote ...
Nas is on FIRE this year!! His new video for one of the new album's strongest songs is totally mental. Here's the brand new, Rik Cordero-directed video for "Sly Fox": All about murda murda and kill kill - FOX News and Halliburton that is...And Nas doesn't stop at pointing out the problems either. The video goes right into the streets and discusses solutions too.Be sure to check out Mr. Frost...
On April 11 Red Bull Big Tune made the leap from bass pumping clubs to the living rooms of 340,000 music fans during its American television debut on the BET network. The 30-minute TV show chronicled the adventures of 16 up-and-coming music producers as they embark on the final battle to determine once and for [...]