Nas To Perform On Amazon's 'In The Paint' At Emirates NBA Cup Semifinals

2025 Essence Festival Of Culture — NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 6: Rapper Nas performs on stage during Night 3 of the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture at Caesars Superdome at Caesars Superdome on July 6, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Paras Griffin/WireImage)

Nas will take the stage in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena’s Toshiba Plaza on Dec. 13 as part of “Amazon Music Presents: In the Paint” series during the Emirates NBA Cup 2025 Semifinals. The outdoor performance will take place between semifinal games, and fans at home can watch via Prime Video’s coverage of the games.

The performance takes place shortly before Nas’ upcoming collaborative album with DJ Premier, slated to be released on Dec. 12 via Mass Appeal.

Amazon Music debuted its “In the Paint” series last week on Prime with a performance from Clipse, with their performance of “So Be It” now available to watch.

Following the postgame coverage, Nas’ full performance will available for streaming via Prime Video, the Amazon Music channel on Twitch and in the Amazon Music app.

Nas is managed by Emagen Entertainment Group and booked by WME’s Julie Colbert and Brian Cohen worldwide. With 185 headline reports submitted to Pollstar’s Boxoffice, Nas has sold 715,730 total tickets, with a total gross of $46.5 million.

Tickets for the Emirates NBA Cup 2025 Semifinal and Championship games at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas are now on sale.

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