Editing Nas (section)

===2009–2012: ''Distant Relatives'' and ''Life Is Good''===
[[File:Nas and Damian Marley performing in Wellington Photo By Brady Dyer.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Nas and [[Damian Marley]] performing in [[Wellington]], 2011]]
At the [[51st Grammy Awards|2009 Grammy Awards]], Nas confirmed he was collaborating on an album with [[reggae]] singer [[Damian Marley]] which was expected to be released in late 2009. Nas said of the collaboration in an interview "I was a big fan of his father and of course all the children, all the offspring, and Damian, I kind of looked at Damian as a rap guy. His stuff is not really singing, or if he does, it comes off more hard, like on some street shit. I always liked how reggae and hip-hop have always been intertwined and always kind of pushed each other, I always liked the connection. I'd worked with people before from the reggae world but when I worked with Damian, the whole workout was perfect".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=136&csid2=946&fid1=40691 |title=Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority |publisher=Exclaim.ca |access-date=September 18, 2010}}</ref> A portion of the profit was planned to go towards building a school in Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/269436/nas-recording-album-with-damian-marley|title=Nas Recording Album With Damian Marley|date=February 10, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> He went on to say that it was "too early to tell the title or anything like that".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604589/20090209/nas.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211101202/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604589/20090209/nas.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 11, 2009|title=Nas Confirms Kelis' Pregnancy, Talks New Album|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=February 9, 2009|work=MTV|access-date=February 9, 2009}}</ref> ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' reported that the album would be titled ''[[Distant Relatives]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/03/nas-damian-marl.html|title=Nas and Damian Marley to unveil new songs from 'Distant Relatives' on Friday at L.A. Live|last=Weiss|first=Jeff|work=Pop & Hiss|date=March 26, 2009|access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref>
Nas also revealed that he would begin working on his tenth studio album following the release of ''Distant Relatives''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/nas-next-album-all-about-peace-and-love-268145/|title=Nas' Next Album All About 'Peace And Love'|last=Graff|first=Gary|date=July 10, 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 10, 2009}}</ref> During late 2009, Nas used his live band Mulatto with music director Dustin Moore for concerts in Europe and Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.entertainmentdepot.com.au/news/the-%E2%80%98lowfi%E2%80%99-tour-nas-chali-2na/ |title=Entertainment News " The 'low:fi' Tour Nas & Chali 2NA |publisher=Entertainmentdepot.com.au |date=August 31, 2009 |access-date=September 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226120401/http://www.entertainmentdepot.com.au/news/the-%e2%80%98lowfi%e2%80%99-tour-nas-chali-2na/ |archive-date=February 26, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

After announcing a possible release in 2010,<ref name="Nas on The Lost Tapes Vol. 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.twitter.com/Nas/status/24602949709|date=September 15, 2010|title=It's coming... Lost Tapes Volume Two!!!|access-date=September 15, 2010|location=Twitter.com}}</ref> a follow-up compilation to ''[[The Lost Tapes (Nas album)|The Lost Tapes]]'' (2002) was delayed indefinitely due to issues between him and Def Jam.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rodriguez |first=Jayson |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1655194/nas-talks-lost-tapes-vol-2-label-issues.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105013835/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1655194/nas-talks-lost-tapes-vol-2-label-issues.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 5, 2011 |title=Nas Talks Lost Tapes Vol. 2, Label Issues |publisher=MTV |date=January 3, 2011 |access-date=August 6, 2011}}</ref> His eleventh studio album, ''[[Life Is Good (Nas album)|Life Is Good]]'' (2012) was produced primarily by Salaam Remi and No I.D, and released on July 13, 2012. Nas called the album a "magic moment" in his rap career.<ref>[http://beta.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11765/title.nas-talks-distant-relatives-says-kanye-west-wants-to-produce-next-album] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510021203/http://beta.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11765/title.nas-talks-distant-relatives-says-kanye-west-wants-to-produce-next-album|date=May 10, 2012}}</ref>

In 2011, Nas announced that he would release collaboration albums with [[Mobb Deep]], [[Common (rapper)|Common]], and a third with [[DJ Premier]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Vasquez |first=Andres |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.15279/title.mobb-deep-nas-to-collaborate-on-full-length-lp-says-havoc |title=Mobb Deep & Nas To Collaborate on Full-Length LP, Says Havoc |publisher=HipHop DX |date=May 25, 2011 |access-date=August 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112014025/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.15279/title.mobb-deep-nas-to-collaborate-on-full-length-lp-says-havoc |archive-date=January 12, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="hiphopdx1">{{cite web|last=Horowitz |first=Steven J. |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.17171/title.common-speaks-on-upcoming-lp-with-nas-current-standing-with-good-music |title=Common Speaks on Upcoming LP With Nas, Current Standing With G.O.O.D. Music |publisher=HipHop DX |date=October 10, 2011 |access-date=April 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name="sohh">{{cite web |last=Harper |first=Rosario |url=http://www.sohh.com/2011/12/nas_dj_premier_collabo_album_in_the_work.html |title=News: Nas & DJ Premier Collabo Album Still In The Works |publisher=Sohh.com |date=December 13, 2011 |access-date=April 4, 2013 |archive-date=October 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020044315/http://www.sohh.com/2011/12/nas_dj_premier_collabo_album_in_the_work.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Common said of the project in a 2011 interview, "At some point, we will do that. We'd talked about it and we had a good idea to call it ''Nas.Com''. That was actually going to be a mixtape at one point. But we decided that we should make it an album."<ref>{{cite magazine|date=October 10, 2011|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.17171/title.common-speaks-on-upcoming-lp-with-nas-current-standing-with-good-music|title=Com Sense says his album with Nasir Jones will happen and explains its origins|magazine=HipHopDX|access-date=October 11, 2011}}</ref> ''Life is Good'' would be nominated for [[Best Rap Album]] at the [[2013 Grammy Awards]].