{"id":64341,"date":"2013-04-11T14:38:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T12:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=64341"},"modified":"2013-04-11T14:38:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T12:38:46","slug":"nas-invests-in-mass-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/nas-invests-in-mass-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Nas Invests in Mass Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"64342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/nas-invests-in-mass-appeal\/massappeal-450x587\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MassAppeal-450x587.jpg?fit=450%2C587&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,587\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nas mass appeal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MassAppeal-450x587.jpg?fit=413%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MassAppeal-450x587.jpg?fit=450%2C587&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MassAppeal-450x587.jpg?resize=413%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"nas mass appeal\" width=\"413\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-64342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MassAppeal-450x587.jpg?resize=413%2C540&amp;ssl=1 413w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MassAppeal-450x587.jpg?resize=450%2C587&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Eh-um&#8230;.Dropping next album title next month.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nasir Jones (@Nas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nas\/status\/319101971317530624\">April 2, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Forbes entertainment writer Zack O\u2019Malley Greenburg reports today that Nas has made a six-figure investment in Mass Appeal Media, the umbrella company that runs the recently re-launched magazine and online property. According to Greeburg, Nas was \u201d dismayed at the lack of options for readers interested in all aspects of hip-hop culture\u201d and his hefty investment buys him the title of Associate Publisher.<\/p>\n<p>Says Nas about the investment:<br \/>\n\u201cMass Appeal has a legacy and respect,\u201d he says. \u201cIt already has a foundation \u2026 I just feel like I can add on because I can lend my kind of cultural expertise and my professional acumen, and develop the business.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nahright.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nah Right<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eh-um&#8230;.Dropping next album title next month. &mdash; Nasir Jones (@Nas) April 2, 2013 Forbes entertainment&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-gJL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}