Nas Explains What He First Thought Of Kendrick Lamar After Hearing Him

So far, the early reviews on Nas and Hit-Boy's King's Disease III album have been incredibly strong.

The duo released the project on Friday, November 11, after dropping the first two installments in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

There's one track on the new album titled "First Time" where Nas raps about the first time he heard certain artists, one of them being Kendrick Lamar.

“Since when did rap leave me so suspended in air / Since Kendrick entered the atmosphere, ’09, I was there / On La Cienega, my n*gga from L.A. said there’s a n*gga from Black Hippy / I was happy to just witness history,”spits Nas.

One may notice that Nas said he heard about K Dot two years before Section.80, the album that made the Compton rapper internationally known.

What was your first thoughts after hearing Kendrick spit for the first time?