Posts tagged with "Aaliyah"
NAS
NAS
The enduring hip-hop storyteller’s latest title becomes his mantra
Several months after releasing his 10th studio album, Life Is Good, Nas is revisiting the title. “I was watching TV the other night and saw this woman had survived pancreatic cancer,” he says. “I was barely listening, because my mom passed from breast cancer, and sometimes it’s just too hard to watch. But I heard her say, ‘Life is good,’ and I thought, ‘If...
NVS
NVS
HOMETOWN: Toronto, Canada
INFLUENCES: Prince, Kanye West, Aaliyah
ALBUM: Who Is NvS EP, out now
WEBSITE: whoisnvs.com
R&B artist NvS (pronounced “envious”) claims her love of music began before she was born. Her father was a reggae musician and sang to her when her mother was pregnant. “He would take his guitar and play his songs to me,” she says. At age 18, NvS enrolled at Toronto’s Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts where she...