Nas and Hit-Boy are going for the three-peat. The Grammy Award-winning duo officially announced plans for King’s Disease 3 on Tuesday (October 18).
The legendary Queensbridge MC and West Coast beat maestro posted the gold-plated cover art of the LP on social media, along with its November 11 release date.
“KDIII 11-11 @Nas,” Hit-Boy wrote on Instagram, while Nas echoed the release date on his own Instagram page.
Nas sparked anticipation for King’s Disease 3 last December when he confirmed that the album was on the way on “Ugly,” from his and Hit-Boy’s surprise joint project Magic.
“I’m on offense every day until I see the love / ‘KD3’ on the way, this just to feed the buzz,” he rapped.
In an interview with Apple Music’s Ebro Darden earlier that year, Nas spoke about his collaborative relationship with Hit-Boy, who he referred to as the Quincy Jones to his Michael Jackson.
“He’s like my Quincy [Jones], you know what I mean?” he said. “So I feel like the next thing I do, if I was to work with Hit-Boy on the next thing I do, I think that we might do something that is going to be magical.”
Nas 'King's Disease II' Nabs Top 3 Debut On Billboard 200 Chart
Nas and Hit-Boy’s prolific partnership began with King’s Disease in 2020, which boasted appearances from Big Sean, Lil Durk, Anderson .Paak and more. The album earned Nas his first-ever Grammy award after winning Best Rap Album the following year.
King’s Disease II followed in August 2021 and featured heavyweight collaborations with Eminem, Lauryn Hill and YG, among others.
The sequel was also nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards, but lost out to Tyler, The Creator’s Call Me If You Get Lost.
Meanwhile, Nas recently got off the road after finishing up his N.Y. State of Mind tour with Wu-Tang Clan and Busta Rhymes. On the music side, he blessed YG with a “dream” feature on his I Got Issues album, which dropped in September.
Bro, nas is a fucken legend. Still one of the best rappers out there. Loved KD 1&2
Ffs.
Was just listening to KD1, KD2, and Magic last night. Can’t wait.
Yay. Another garbage album from an overrated artist. The Throne 2 from Jay z and ye is what I’m truly excited for, not some idiot who lost 20 years ago to jay z
STOP. The throne 2 will not stand a chance lyrically not cause of jay. Cause of ye . Stop the madness the 3 previous albums are REAL HIP HOP KD 1 KD 2 AND MAGIC . nobody cares about the throne 2 it won’t happen . Ye said that just to try and pressure Jay into doing it which is weak . Jay is doing bigger shit especially with all of ye outbursts nobody needs a throne 2 . One is amazing capturing that magic again given the state of ye won’t happen and j has not even spoke about it
Pay that idiot no mind. He always commenting on a Nas post with that ignorant shit.
Says the person dickriding nas like he know them in real life
Says the hovenger like you know him in real life . Jay would scoff at you and you’ll still keep riding his jock . Pathetic.
Throne 2’s already been recorded. And even if it wasn’t, Jay z learns to seperate the art from the artist. Ye still on top of his craft and some political opinions aren’t going to stop him or me from listening. Nas’s kings disease albums suck by the way
You’re funny. Love how you act like you have insider information like “throne 2 has already been recorded” when that’s highly unlikely. The fact you think Kanye is still good just shows how shitty your taste of music is. I feel sorry for your ears.
Kanye’s been even more experimental in recent years with donda and donda 2. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean its bad. That’s king’s disease.
Stfu you delusional, sad waste of life
Someone’s clearly caught feelings like my shit affects your personal life
Just admit it buddy you a Nas loving Ass
Seeing nas embarrassing himself can be funny
Seeing you embarrass yourself on hiphop forums is really funny since you seem to have a knack for it.
Nobody wants an album from those capitalist lunies. We want some real shit from NAS
I thought we were past this hatin bulls***t !!!! Man get ova yur self. Classic Crab in da barrel sh**t!
Why would I love a garbage artist?
You trippin
Fuck Queensbridge – Bleek is that you?
Bro. Just don’t buy the album. Lmaooo
GOAT’s back
QUEENSBRIDGE BACK? MEGA, P AND NAS IN THE SAME YEAR? NAS HAS BEEN GOING HARD AFTER THAT WACK ALBUM HE DID WITH KANYE.
Dont like the cover art but who gives a damn. ThE GOAT is dropping
This late career run he’s on is fuckin crazy.
This!!!! Nas fan since the beginning. These last 3 albums with Hit Boy have been excellent. Can’t wait for KD 3.
Escobar Season has returned! Can’t wait for KD3.
I STILL NEED AN ALBUM WITH PREEMO, PETE ROCK, ALC, 9TH WONDER, LARGE PRO
With LP at the top of dat list….NO NAS without Joe Fatal and LP
Illmatic, Stillmatic and God’s Son/Stepson albums are still available to listen to. Nas is in a different zone in 2022.
You’ll see a black catholic pope before you see all of that
The King of New York is dropping KD 3! Let’s go! A glorious day for real Hip Hop!
Jay Z runs new york. Nas can’t even get on the charts these days because he’s garbage.
I didn’t love the first two, and didn’t like that ‘Magic’ album either. But, as an original fan of Nas since ‘93, I’ll always give him a fair listen. Hit-Boy’s beats just sound cheap to me, and Nas struggles with his flow and breath control now. It just sounds like it takes so much effort for him to write, and then the verses still end abruptly half the time or he says something wack. I really wanna like the projects they’re doing…I just don’t. And don’t say ‘well, you must like so-n-so then’, or ‘you don’t know anything about hiphop’. I’m just objective as a listener. I don’t feel I owe some blind allegiance to an artist, I’m too old for that. That’s little kid shit.
He was shit since it was written and even illmatic was OK at best
I feel you. I didn’t think the Nas and hitboy albums r bad I just think there’s something missing
I feel you completely! It’s not that hitboy is bad, he’s just not that good. Beats are boring and monotonous. They all sound the same. Nas is in my top 5 of all time and just like I did with the previous KD albums I’ll give it a spin. But given that hitboy is doing all the beats again it’ll only be a spin and that’s about it. Nas is still one of my favorite emcees, but just not impressed with the work he’s doing with hitboy. It’s time to move on from him, or at least include other producers on the joint.
Fuck Queensbridge – Bleek is that you?
Clown’s Disease III with Shit-Boy is coming. Nas is still the worst best picker in rap history. He even hooked back up with Premier earlier this year after 20 years of ignoring him, and it was still garbage. The real king is the GOAT Jay-Z. Maybe he can give Nas some tips on how to rap over actual good beats, haha!
Nah ,you just trash . Never want Nas to progress . Wanting him to make Illmatic over and over again . That’s what you want right. Jay-Z is trash . Haven’t made anything decent since American Gangster . Nas made 3 straight dope albums with hit boy. These are facts. Quit being a poser, following that phony narrative.Maybe , you will get somewhere in life.
I rather Nas just fuck off for good and retire. Even illmatic was overrated
Hater
Nas and hit boy are GOAT. Any one hating is just another cockroach to be stepped on. # FACTS
Cant wait! The GOAT back again!
Moderators, here’s your chance to start deleting spam. These guys are having fake convos with themselves under different user names like sociopath. How all of the sudden every comment about Nas negative?
Nas and Black Thought are the only vets with courage ti consistently drop new music. No wonder they are the best in the game!
As if 2022 hasnt been packed with heat already. Nas wrapping up the end of the year. Just perfect.
Nas dropping is only on point because 2022 has been terrible for the entire world and economy. A wack rapper dropping before the legend dropped his is another L for the year
Watch your mouth, fuck QB boy stoppppppp
Nas is trash and always been trash besides that one album, lots of nut riding in here…. So many better rappers, him and clit boy will flop, tired beats and bars to make you fall asleep yes that’s Nas, the younger rappers only rock with hov, none of them mention Nas, none of them, everyone around the world and different generations all know who Jay-Z is… Hahaha I can’t wait…. Where’s jigga when we need him, yeah that’s who the world is waiting on…. It’s the roc in here!!!!
Then why are you here . You can’t go one second without mentioning your lord and savior Jigga. Your whole statement is a contradiction. Nut riding Nas but here you talking about Jay-Z in a section devoted Nas new album. I think maybe you are the one caping and nut riding to me . Keep it a buck , what Nas is doing should be heralded not trashed because it’s not Jay-Z. I swear stans are the worse. Can’t even appreciate greatness because you’re stuck on a particular style, sound etc. or it’s not your favorite artist. Like come on man. Jay and Nas was literally 20 years ago . Let that go .They have. Make it make sense, smh !
Where nas and Jay z stand together today doesn’t mean nas is anywhere near the rapper jay z is. Also, jay z treats a lady right (beyonce) while nas abused one (kelis) and she left his wack ass.
Another lame. You don’t get any points one upping jay while downing Nas . And ,treat his lady right. If memory serves correct , Jay had to make an apology to Beyoncé and Blue for cheating . Remember the elevator with Solange and remember jay saying throughout the song I apologize over and over again on the song 444. But , he treats his lady right . Man get out of here , male groupies. You missed the entire point . But, hey I wouldn’t expect anything less from someone who put rocanation as their name. This is about King’s Disease 3 not no Jay-Z vs. Nas.
All big rappers got made respect for Nas and not jay coz truth is Nas is way better lyrically and Jay is overrated ,Check wutang,Bustar ,Eminem ,Llcool jay ,Rakin,big daddy Kane big rappers got made respect for Nas coz he is in the hip-hop Magic five Krs1,Rakim ,Kane ,Nas and BIG
“The Roc you been on my D! You love my style” – Nas
F Queensbridge take a break from trolling and come upstairs from mommys basement to make yourself a ham sammich!
Why is Nas better than Jay?
Easy answer. Nas can make a Hood Anthem like “Made you look” and turn around a make a “Black girl lost.” Jay doesn’t have that of range. The redundant billionaire talk gets tired and old. Blueprint 3 was trash. Magna Carta was trash. Kingdom Come was trash. 4:44 was decent with no playback value. Considering Jay has access to the best producers in the world he should have this many duds. 1. Nas. 2. Pac 3. Big. Jay somewhere between 4-8
I keep coming back to this article to read the Hov stans comments. Y’all funny, lol!
KD3 on the way cant wait. Hitboy is a great match for Nas. They have great chemistry.