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Nas Praises Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’: ‘Keeping the Essence of This Sh-t Alive’
After Kendrick Lamar 'GNX' commanded attention with a surprise release, Nas posted the album cover on his Instagram with a loving note to Lamar.
“Won the Super Bowl and Nas the only one congratulate me,” Kendrick raps on the intense opener “Wacced Out Murals.” In September, the NFL, Roc Nation, Apple Music, and Lamar himself revealed that the Compton rapper would headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show in New Orleans in February. That announcement was met with dismay by some, particularly New Orleanian Lil Wayne, who said missing the opportunity “broke me, and I’m just trying to put me back together.” (Wayne also seemed to respond to “Wacced Out Murals,” where Lamar also calls out the YMCMB rapper by name: “I just be chillin & dey still kome 4 my head. Last month, Nas executive produced Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Warriors concept album.
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