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Nas played 'Conan', speaking at 92Y, needs to pay his taxes

Nas at Rock the Bells 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
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Nas stopped by Conan last night (11/29) to perform “World’s An Addiction” off of his recently released album, Life Is Good, and was joined by R&B singer Anthony Hamilton, who sang the hook on the record. You can watch the video of that performance below.

The rapper recently wrapped up a tour with Lauryn Hill this month, and as mentioned he’ll play a one-off in NYC on New Year’s Eve (12/31) at Radio City Music Hall with Elle Varner. Tickets for that show are still available.

Soon after that, Nas will do another event in NYC at 92Y on January 8, where he’ll do a Q&A with author/music critic Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone, NY Times, Relix), where he’ll be telling his story, touching on “his gifted Queens childhood, the early days with Main Source, his philanthropic work and the insight and inspiration behind his #1 new record, Life Is Good.” Tickets for that are on sale now and there’s also an option to submit questions for the Q&A, and if yours is used you’ll get two free tickets, pending availability.

In other, less positive news, TMZ reports that “the government just got the green light to garnish a million bucks from [Nas’] earnings [on his tour with Lauryn Hill] to repay a massive tax debt.” They continue, “The Georgia Department of Revenue has filed new legal docs in their effort to collect $1,083,435 from the rapper for taxes it claims Nas owes for the years 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010,” and finally state, “A rep for Nas tells us the matter has recently been settled — but the GDR insists the case is still open and they’re trying to collect.”

In other other news, younger rapper Stalley, who plays an educational fundraiser in NYC on December 6, recently spoke about how Nas’ Illmatic was influential on him in a 45-second ‘On the Record’ video for Rhapsody. You can watch that video and the ‘Conan’ video below.

Nas – “World’s An Addiction” on ‘Conan’

On The Record: Stalley Talks Nas