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And on an iLLmatic note, we were backstage with Nas on Saturday
On Saturday we were so very blessed to rock at Occidental College’s Spring Fest, a campus-wide event that was topped off with performances by Mayer Hawthorn and Nas. As most of our friends in LA said, “You mean the Nas?” And yes, twas Nas. The gentleman above who looks like a mix between Dahlak and Phonte is none other than D’s big brother, Andre Brathwaite. And like the rest of us, he is sporting a bright green wristband gives us all backstage access to everything except for Nas’ dressing room (a.k.a. the entire men’s basketball locker room????? is your posse really that big, Esco??) which happens to contain that building section’s only restroom. And so when I went outside to relieve myself of the 5 glasses of Jameson that Nico poured me, I found myself locked out of the building while “Hate Me Now” was being performed. And I thought to myself, Yes, Life, you can hate me now. But to answer your question, no, we didn’t get to kick it like Kelis. In fact, I was standing next to dude for like 5 minutes and thought he was a student organizer until he ran onstage and started rapping.
