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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Tune in to <b><i>Tavis Smiley</i> </b>to catch <b>Nas</b>. See below for more details.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<img width="134" height="138" align="left" hspace="12" alt="NAS-ILLMATIC-2014-orange LR.JPG" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_23" id="cd4777c7-48b4-4a53-b33c-377dbc8a299c" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CF5F07.6EC07470"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: black; ">Nas </span></u></b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: black; ">on <b><i>Tavis
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: black; ">Nas </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: black; ">will be stopping by <b><i>Tavis Smiley </i></b>tonight to promote his new album <b><i>Illmatic </i>XX. </b>The
collection was released by <b>SONY Legacy </b>on <b>Tuesday, April 15<sup>th. </sup></b> It celebrates the anniversary of <i>Illmatic</i>, the landmark album that made Nas an icon, and features rare remixes, unreleased demos and freestyles. In conjunction
Nas premiered <b><i>Time Is Illmatic </i></b>– a feature length documentary that examines the album – at this year’s <b>Tribeca Film Festival</b>. For more information please visit <a href="http://www.nasirjones.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.nasirjones.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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