Nas and Marley (one of Bob’s sons) first hooked up a few years ago for a track on Marley’s Welcome to Jamrock album. For Distant Relatives’ 13 songs, they present a sort of history lesson, tracing hip ...

Fans of hip-hop can rejoice in Distant Relatives, a well-done mixture of rap and reggae from musical heavyweights Nasir Jones (Nas) and Damian “Junior Gong” Marley. Some music-lovers may shake their ...

Considering that Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley have collaborated onstage for a while, it’s about time they lay down some tracks. “Distant Relatives” is their long awaited album. Nas and Marley ...

The culture and music of reggae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae and hip-hop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music have much in common -- weed, sure, but also ...

Distant Relatives is a collaborative studio album by American rapper Nas and Jamaican reggae vocalist Damian Marley. It was released on May 18, 2010, by Universal Republic, Def Jam Recordings and ...