Nas will be honored at the upcoming Hip-hop Summit in Detroit for his recent contributions to hip-hop through his music. Nas will receive “The Heroes Award” from Detroit’s Mayor, 32 year-old Kwame Kilpatrick this weekend at the Summit. The award largely comes from Nas’ recent hit-single, “I Can.”
“It’s good. I want people to know that you can write these kinds of songs,” Nas told AllHipHop. “It’s good to know that people know the value of a song like “I Can”. The song is currently getting major radio and video play across the nation.
Eminem is co-hosting the Summit, which could make for some interesting momemtns. In the new F.E.D.S. magazine Nas was asked to comment on the Murder Inc./Shady beef and had this to say:
“It is what it is, you know. It just seems like after me and Jay did it, now everybodys doing it. The sh!t’s crazy. But if Ja calls on me and I see that he’s out numbered, I’ll handle my handle for dude, like he was there for me when I was on my rampage… Man, you gotta understand, I took 50 under my wing when nobody was fucking with him. Homeboy is like a son to me, and when young boys start to grow up, they tend to wanna test daddy, you know, if you can beat daddy you feel you can beat anybody. I’m not worried about 50 Cent throwing words at me, I’m just concentrating on my zone, and taking this thing only where I can take it.”
