Key Takeaways:

• Nas says he would “love to work” with Kendrick Lamar, however provided that the vibe feels pure.
• He lately praised Lamar because the “North Star” of rap in a Rolling Stone interview.
• A collaboration might mirror the evolution of hip hop by way of two distinct lyrical eras.

It’s laborious to imagine that Nas and Kendrick Lamar — two of the best lyricists ever to seize a mic — haven’t collaborated but. On Wednesday (Oct. 15), the Queensbridge rapper stated he’d “love to work with him,” but it surely must occur naturally.

“It’s just all about the artist. When you get the chance to record and work together, it should feel really natural,” Nas instructed Complex’s Jordan Rose when requested a few doable collaboration. “That would be great. I’d love to work with him, but I feel like it just has to be smooth [in] the way it connects.”

“Anything I do with anybody, especially someone like him, I just want to take my time with, so we’ll see,” Nas continued. Then, humorously turning to the digital camera, he addressed Lamar straight: “[If] you’d be so kind to do a song with your brother.” The Illmatic rapper added that the invitation goes for “all you MCs out there,” not simply the Compton native.

Nas has been exhibiting Lamar loads of love recently. Just final Tuesday (Oct. 7), he instructed music/music-features/nas-legend-has-it-comic-books-dj-premier-album-1235441737/”>Rolling Stone the “Not Like Us” rapper was the “North Star” of rap. “Kendrick is one of the brightest stars we’ve ever seen, and I don’t only mean superstar, I mean like the North Star — I think he’s one of those,” he stated. “Out of all of the artists in this business, there [are] some that [are] not here for the art. When we see those people that are not here for the art damaging it, you’re hurting the future of the art. So, I think artists like Kendrick are going to speak out.”

2025 has been a meteoric yr for Lamar, whose “Grand National Tour” is slated to come back to an finish in December. On Tuesday (Oct. 14), he joined Playboi Carti to perform “GOOD CREDIT” dwell at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.