Cyrus Langhorne
New York rapper Nas is starting to make it feel like it's Escobar Season all over again. The hip-hop veteran has come forward to finally deliver the announcement fans have waited for - new music is dropping soon.
Nas and Hit-Boy’s New Music
On Monday, Nasir and producer Hit-Boy both went to their social media pages to make the massive announcement. Barring any setbacks, fans can look forward to their studio flames to arrive in mid-August.
“8.21 🔊🎥 #HitBoyOnTheBeats” -Nas’ Instagram
“8.21! 🎞 @Nas” -Hit-Boy
High-Key Details
The huge announcement sparked a massive amount of co-signs. Everyone from Detroit rapper Big Sean to longtime Nas producer Salaam Remi celebrated the news in Mr. Jones’ Instagram comments section.
“🙌🏽” -Lloyd Banks
“🔥🔥🔥” -Destiny Jones
“🤞🏾” -Big Sean
“🎥🎥🎥” -Hit-Boy
“🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾” -Salaam Remi
“💨💨💨💨💨💨💨” -Devin the Dude
“Let’s go!!!” -Fashawn
The news even inspired DJ Khaled to repost Nas’ announcement to his IG page.
Khaled previously linked up with Nasir Jones for their “Nas Album Done” song.
Wait, There’s More
In an April 2020 interview, Jones delivered the ultimate teaser. In addition to revealing he’s working on records with Hit-Boy, Nas also said he had a secret project brewing.
Now during a chat with radio host and DJ Ralph McDaniels, Nasir dropped the news that he’s working on a couple of projects. The first one is with Hit-Boy. “Hit-Boy, that’s been fun working with him. He played a snippet in the battle the other day.. of something. We got some things,” Nas said, referring to the new song from the rapper that Hit debuted during his IG battle with Boi-1da. During the Universal Hip Hop Museum and Mass Appeal’s Hip Hop Loves NY benefit event, Nas also said that he’s got another project that he didn’t want to disclose at this point. (HHNM)
Before You Go
In late March 2020, producer Boi-1da let the world hear some new Nasty Nas. Boi went online with his Instagram Live with a quick snippet.
“HitBoy really dropped new Nas on us on IG live”
