Drake helped 21 Savage’s record Her Loss get to No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Over the weekend, The Slaughter King went to Twitter Spaces to talk about rap. People in the discussion brought up Nas and Hit-Boy’s record King’s Disease III, but 21 Savage, whose real name is Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, didn’t care about it. When someone in the chat talked about Nas’ “relevance,” Joseph said, “I don’t think he’s relevant. He just has a loyal ass fanbase and he still makes good-ass music.”

Other hip-hop stars like JAY-Z, Fat Joe, Snoop Dogg, Scarface, and Too Short were called “old rappers” during the discussion, while Big Daddy Kane and Kool G Rap got criticized.

Even though Joseph said something about “relevance,” Nas has been a constant in hip-hop for 30 years, ever since his groundbreaking debut album Illmatic came out in 1994. The record was added to the Library of Congress last year.

The Library of Congress said this about Illmatic: “The sound they made includes rough drums, hazy vinyl samples, and bits of jazz and ’70s R&B.” “It has been described as the sound of a kid in Queensbridge ransacking his parents’ record collection.”

Nas and Joseph both have one Grammy. In April 2022, the Queensbridge rapper last played a mix of his old songs at the Grammy Awards. Nas is still a well-known veteran, and KD3 is the third album in the King’s Disease series with Hit-Boy. It may not have gone viral like Her Loss, but it did become a target for trolls.