'Time is Illmatic' also provides a voyeuristic look at what lay behind the poetry for Nas, ("We've moved beyond the music," One9 says) at what drove him to write about heaven and hell at age 20 ...

His current projects also include the documentary Time Is Illmatic, set to premiere Wednesday. Being a parent himself – to son Knight, 4, with ex-wife Kelis, and daughter Destiny, 19, from a ...