Nas’ Hip-Hop Fellowship At Harvard

Nas says that Hip Hop music "represents our youth."

In July of last year, it was announced that "The Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship" would be established to fund scholars and artists who demonstrate exceptional, productive scholarship and creative ability in the arts as they relate to Hip Hop. In a recent video on ammunitiongroup.com, the fellowship was profiled in an interview with several figures, including Nas.

A lot of people would think, 'Oh, it's just music,'" Said Nas. "'Oh, it's too vulgar, it's too this or that,' but that music represents the world. That music represents our youth. So when you don't pay attention to it, you kinda missing out on your youth. The same youth that you wanna protect, you need to understand them by understanding the music they listen to."