Nas & DJ Premier Announce New Album ‘Light-Years’
The long-awaited record will arrive on December 12 through Mass Appeal.
By Andy Kahn Nov 25, 2025 • 2:34 pm PST
Longtime collaborators Nas and DJ Premier confirmed the release of their long-awaited new album, Light-Years. The hip-hop veterans will issue the 15-track LP on December 12 through Mass Appeal.
DJ Premier contributed to Nas’s landmark 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the pair subsequently linked up on other collaborations. Nas and DJ Premier revealed plans to record a collaborative album several times over the past +15 years, without anything formally materializing. Nas’ last album was 2023’s Magic 3.
Nas and DJ Premier released the joint single, “Define My Name,” in 2024. The new song arrived with word of pending collaborative album, which was finally confirmed to be Light-Years.
Light-Years is part of Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It… release series. The series includes additional albums by Slick Rick, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, Raekwon, De La Soul and Big L.
Stream Nas and DJ Premier’s collab “Define My Name”:
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