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Fab 5 Freddy, Q-Tip, Michael Strahan, Sway, La La Anthony and Tribeca Film hosted the New York Premiere of NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC presented by Hennessy V.S at the Museum of Modern Art.
Nas was joined by the evening’s hosts and director/ producer One9, writer/producer Erik Parker, producer Anthony Saleh, his brother Jungle (who steals the film), Tribeca Enterprises’s Jane Rosenthal. Busta Rhymes, Pete Rock, Treach of Naughty by Nature, hip hop pioneer Marley Marl (who was celebrating his birthday), Crazy Legs (from Rock Steady Crew), AZ, Ed Lover, grandfather of hip hop Kool Herc, A-Trak, DJ Premiere, Ed Lover, Faith Newman (who signed Nas 20 years ago), Today show’s Tamron Hall, ABC’s Sade Baderinwa, Adrienne C Moore (“Orange is the New Black”), The Wyld’s Mo Kheir, Brandon Black, and Joe Pascoe, and a fashion loving hip hop’s crowd including Nanette Lepore, Jenna Lyons, Marjorie Gubelman and more!
Following the screening everyone gathered at the Hennessy V.S after party at LAVO Nightclub to celebrate Nas and the film, which explores Nas’s evolution from a young street poet to a visionary MC, where D-Nice kept the beats going for some of hip hop’s greatest late into the night.
The film opens today in NY and LA, and on Thursday hits select theaters nationwide for special one night only screenings, before becoming available on demand on Friday October 3rd.
