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Description: Big Big congratulations to Nas for his big big GRAMMY win. The Queens legend took home Best Rap Album for King’s Disease, which was released through his Mass Appeal imprint. This is God’s Son’s first Grammy award win despite being nominated 13 times prior, which feels like an odd statement considering the reverence his catalog has held within Hip Hop. The guy that created Illmatic and It Was Written and Life Is Good, until now, hasn’t won a GRAMMY? Word? In this week’s episode of What’s The Headline? Ambrosia For Heads’ Reggie Williams and Jake Paine did a great job contextualizing Nas’ win within the confines of Grammy Rap History. But this is one of the years where the Grammy’s Best Rap Album nominees felt correct to me. Along with Nas, D Smoke was nominated for Bad Habits. Freddie Gibbs and Alchemist’s Alfredo received a nom. Jay Electronica’s A Written Testimony And Royce 5’9’s The Allegory all received recognition from the Recording Academy. It doesn’t get more Hip Hop Hip Hop than that list of nominees. So in that sense, the Grammy’s got it right. But did Nas receive the award based on the merits of his most recent release? Was King’s Disease really Best Album worthy or was Nas’ career being honored more than this album? We discuss in this conversation. Justin Hunte’s Top 9: revolt.tv/2020/12/28/22203306/9-top-rap-albums-of-2020 Follow What's The Headline on AFH. youtube.com/aforhtv Follow Akthentik instagram.com/akthentik Follow: Twitter: twitter.com/thecompanyman Instagram: instagram.com/thecompanyman TikTok tiktok.com/thecompanyman thecompanyman.myshopify.com ABOUT TCM: Life Through The Lens of Hip Hop. Justin Hunte is a music and culture critic and curator. During his career he served as Director of Content & Strategic Marketing for EMPIRE as well as Editor-in-Chief of HipHopDX. Hunte is the architect behind DX's video platform and creator of popular series, DXBreakdown. Along with championing Ambrosia For Head's video strategy, Hunte is also a weekly contributor to Shade45's All Out Show on SiriusXM and has been featured on Revolt TV’s “Revolt Live," Cheddar's "Cheddar Music," as well as in Billboard magazine. In 2017 Justin Hunte moderated the Recording Academy's panel on The Health Of Hip Hop which featured Dr. Reef Karim, psychiatrist and human behavior expert; Shanti Das, urban music executive and founder of Silence the Shame; GRAMMY nominees Vic Mensa and Charlie Wilson, and five-time GRAMMY winner Lalah Hathaway. Later that year, he participated in a debate at the prestigious Oxford Union on whether Kanye West is more relevant than William Shakespeare. Hunte has been the centerpiece of digital campaigns for Lexus, Honda, Brisk, and Simple Mobile and has hosted concerts and panels nationwide. A graduate of Wofford College, Hunte spent 5 years working in investment banking at Banc Of America/Merrill Lynch and has covered music, politics, and culture for numerous publications. He is currently based in Los Angeles, California. Follow @TheCompanyMan on all socials. #JustinHunte #TheCompanyMan