Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Documentary tracking the musical legacy of Nas, from his beginnings in the Queensbridge projects of New York, through to becoming a worldwide superstar from hip-hop's second golden era

Rating:3.0 of 5Total number of episodes:1Last broadcast:04/03/2015 at 23:50

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2015

47:03

March 4, 2015

Expired04/03/2015 3.0 10 x

How Nas overcame almost insurmountable odds to create hip-hop benchmark Illmatic, encapsulating the collective angst of a generation of young black men searching for their voice in 90s America

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