Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead

Then why am I categorising this 'hip hop'?

I think that originally Nas intended this album to be a sort of sign-off from the world of hip hop, but he had a change of heart. His uncle had offered him a job as a cad with the promise that he'd also supply the smoking jacket. All Nas had to do was grow a wispy moustache and then wax it.

Nas managed to operate as a cad for a few days, but the cadding industry has fallen on hard times since its hey-day in the 1950s. While there is much less demand for cads these days, there are still as many vying for the same business, so competition is fierce.

Nas was ill-prepared for such a cut-throat world and when his uncle demoted him to being a mere bounder, Nas jacked it in in favour of an easy life in hip hop.

Rumours that he is thinking of once again forsaking hip hop in pursuit of a career as a fop are, as yet, unsubstantiated.