July 31, 2014

Cormega x NPR "Microphone Check"


20 years ago, Nas mentioned his friend Cormega on a song called "One Love," which was composed as a letter to someone in prison: "Night time is more trife than ever / What up with Cormega? Did you see him? Are y'all together? / If so then hold the fort down, represent to the fullest / Say what's up to Herb, Ice and Bullet." Those four bars inked Cormega's street credibility and forever tied him, for better and worse, to the crown prince of hip-hop. He spoke to M.C.'s cohosts Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Frannie Kelley about the career and life he's made beyond them.