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Fila will offer reciprocal financial support for Nas’ print and TV ad campaign as well as his upcoming tour in support of his untitled album, due July 15 via Def Jam. In return, the MC will wear Fila products and co-create an apparel line that draws from fashions of the late ’80s.
“My best friend Will and I loved Fila,” Nas tells Billboard. “It represented prestige and everything that was cool to us. When Will passed, we buried him in a black Fila sweat suit, so doing a deal with them has a lot of significance for me.”
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According to Fila president John Epstein, it was a natural match. “One of my executives spotted Nas shopping in our Manhattan store and struck up a conversation with him,” Epstein says. “Nas isn’t interested in selling out. He’s interested in being true, and that fits with our brand.”
Nostalgia aside, some may view Epstein as brave to co-brand his company with an MC who’s pledged to unpack America’s racial struggles.
“I had some trepidation, and then I started talking to 16- to 20-year-old kids in focus groups,” Epstein says. “They looked at me like I was crazy for not understanding his message of positive change. Nas is relevant to his followers and I don’t have to understand it as long as they do.”
Damn, they sure did get rid of
Hurricane Chris REAL FAST! lmao! I remember I had a pair of Fila's in middle school. I thought it was the coolest sneakers ever, but apparently it wasn't the hip thing them days.
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Billboard
1.Understanding
2.Life Is Like A Dice Game
3.Just Another Day In The Projects
4.Deja Vu
5.Back To The Grill Featuring MC Serch
6.Everything Is Real
7.I'm A Villan
8.Number One With A Bullet Featuring Kool G Rap & Whiteboy
9.Nas Will Prevail
10.On The Real (Original)
Bonus*
Main Source Feat.Nas,Akinyele And Joe Fatal - Live At The Barbeque (Nas's Debut Song)"
Download Nas Demo Tape
Also have Jay-Z, Wu Tang, and Eminem. Which I will post on Monday. So be sure to check back.
In case you wanted Earl's POV on the election, music industry and several other things, you can check it out over at XXL. VERY AMUSING.
How do you feel about the digital—like, everything going through the Internet as far as…
I don’t even think about it. I don’t even think about it
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Are you following the presidential race?
Not at all.
You’re not? You know there’s a Black guy running, Barack Obama and then there’s Hillary Clinton.
His name is Barack?!
Barack Obama, yeah.
Barack?!
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Yeah.
What the fuck?! That ain’t no fuckin’ name, yo. That ain’t that nigga’s name. You can’t be serious. Barack Obama. Get the fuck outta here.
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But it would be pretty big if we had a first Black president. That would be huge.
I mean, I guess…. What, they gon’ give a dog a bone? There you go. Ooh, we have a Black president now. They should’ve done that shit a long time ago, we wouldn’t be in the fuckin’ position we in now. With world war coming up right now. They done fucked this shit up then give it to the Black people, “Here you take it. Take my mess.”
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What do you think about Lil Wayne? People think he’s the hottest rapper.
He is nowhere near the hottest nothing right now. You can’t be serious.
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