J. Cole Makes Nas Proud Again With VIBE Impact Awards Speech 

Cole is my Nas

J Cole is just a fan like all us, and he really represented us Nas fan from that speech. Word, J Cole.

You ain't let Nas down.....you made Nas proud!!!!

"we've been waiting for a rapper we've seen grow up rap grown up", realest thing I've ever heard.

this proves how humble Cole is....not many other rappers at his status would do something like this in such an honest way, he truly is just a fan

Nas inspired modern day lyrical rappers like J Cole, Lupe Fiasco, Fashawn, Joey Badass and even Kendrick Lamar (who is a Tupac fan) like Cole was.

when hip hop is as open with its heart as it was here, it's a beautiful thing

Imagine that ONE response from Nas completely changed the trajectory of J Cole's career/art. Not even a track or whatever just a 2nd hand response. While the industry was happy to suppress and capitalise off J’s talent, Nas was being a big brother reminding him its best to be yourself and trust your art. It's like it unlocked something in him. Some of our young boys need that big brother reinforcement; speak life in to brother.

Nas literally inspired and influenced every single rapper that came after him.

After watchin this I don't know if I wanna listen to Cole or Nas.. I love em both!!! Nas - GOAT Cole - Best of our generation

J. Cole was like a kid in a candy store when talking about Nas, that's how you know you've made a great impact on someone's life, Big ups to Nas. I'm a fan of J. Cole to I wish him the best in his career, keep dropping gems and putting out great albums my man

I love how disorganized it is. It seems like he just gave himself bullet points and the rest was on the spot. Really shows how passionate he is, how he can speak candidly about it.

Nas's raps paint a vivid pictures, j cole as well

from watching this J.Cole just gained a new fan!..

Spoken like a true fan. His enthusiasm and the way he told his story of becoming the biggest fan of Nas he could be just your typical fan of great music and Nas most definitely has great fucking music. Love both Nas and Cole.

I REMEMBER BUYING DEMOS FROM J COLE IN 2006.HIS MOM WAS MY MAIL LADY.(FAYETTEVILLE,NC)31,AUGUST,2019.

Signed to jay but is a nas stan

I will NEVER forget being a Senior in Highschool in 1999 in the Bay Area, and listening to the "I Am" album, sittin in cars with the music blastin....from Still Survive, to Ghetto Prisoners...those records have sweet nostalgic memories of potent lyrics that I will Never forget! Much love Nasir Jones for teaching me about the poetry of life

J.Cole my homie. We was just eating squirrel in his crib yesterday.

Man! Incredible tribute to an iconic figure who is slept on.

J cole Fanning out like crazy😂 make sense tho, what a moment

*says sorry for having to look down on paper while speaking *looks on paper 3 seconds than nails the rest of it whilst watching the crowd

Said all that we as Nas fans are longing to say the day we come into contact with a living legend from Queens ''Nas''

This probably the closest I've ever heard anyone express the kind of admiration and love for Nas that I have. If weren't for Nas I probably wouldn't be rapping

I listened to nas going to work, on lunch breaks, on the way home, at home, going to sleep....repeat. I studied it.

J. Cole did a DAMN GOOD job with his speech! Heck, he made even made me proud. I picked up some pointers to Like "riding HARD" AND "picking sides!!!!"

It is beautiful to see one brother appreciating another brother work humbly.

I feel the same way! I tried to tell my mom back then, so what they are cursing you are just looking for the bad when there is so much good in these jewels they drop. Rap raised a lot of kids, whether they took the gangsta route, or they they listened to those stories and vowed not to repeat the same mistakes. Salute to HIP HOP! I fucking love this culture

Undying Love is one of the greatest songs of all time but yet not appreciated by the masses for some reason real hip hop heads know big ups to cole for that

J Cole is the only one these days that takes Rap as an art form.

a true student of the game Jay Cole's is the modern-day Nas and that's the way you make Nas proud keeping hip-hop alive

OH MY GOD...."I gave you power" is one of my favorites period...that's awesome that was the song that got him into Nas

"It's the subtle things that make great art" 💯💯

Introspection, storytelling, lyricism, & emotion (soul). Graffiti, knowledge, break dancing, & etc....creates Real Hip-Hop

Nas is the best of all time. The goat, the God, Nas forever!!!

I can't get enough of this J.Cole speech 🥰👏👏👏👏👏

No cap gave you power was my first nas song and it changed my whole perspective on the rap game. Thank you for this speech j.cole

That I gave u power is a masterpiece

Rakim and Nas are the same person to me. Their music helped me steer clear of trouble. I heard the gangsta rap too. But I wanted to stay out of prison so I followed the positive energy of these 2 great artists. I'm damn near 50 still listening to CDs in my car. And just today I was listening to Rakim's Seventh Seal album.

I gave you power might legitimately be the best hip hop song ever.

I started listening to Cole back when i found out he idolized Nas. Thanks for seeing the light

Incredible Speech! salute.

Cole is such an amazing soul.

Thanks to both Nas and Cole for helping me fall in love with the most beautiful Artform.

J cole the new Nas love them both real hip hop let's keep it going

cole is huggin em real hard.

Im 27 and J cole and Nas, along with a few others have rekindled my interest in things, I got back to reading and Im rapping and writing even if its for me because I’m at a place in my life where I had to leave my life behind and am starting anew. Maybe I can’t become a rapper but I just enjoy it so much I never stop getting that sweet therapy ❤️

Man...I just sat and watched this in complete silence. I'm 28 going on 29 years old so me ans Cole are probably around the same age. I like Cole never had no farther figure growing up but like him, i found insight in Hiphop/rap music. I too became a big 2pac fan at around 10-11 years old but not for the same reason as Cole but because of his style and image and of course his classic album All Eyez On Me. After that i knew i discovered something that i really cared about and that being music of course, music was always being played since the start but this type of music was for the young black minority and i had to be apart of it. Like Cole i missed out on Illmatic and for awhile i actually thought It Was Written was his first album, by this time, like Cole mentioned in my own school we were picking sides. I didn't sign with Nas though it was Jay-Z but i respected Nas's lycrism but for me and even to this day Jay-Z remains my favourite rapper. Me and my school friends would argue very chance we could about who was better this continued into college. As i got into my mid teens i started listening to Nas a lot more, i bonded with his music like i did with Jay-Z but i felt my life struggles was similar to the metaphors and similees that Nas was spitting. I think without Nas's music, I may not of ever discovered who i truly was as a rap fan, hiphop was the only male voice in my household growing up, i ain't the type of guy to just listen to anything it has to be meaningful. I think what Nas has done by educating the youth via music should be an inspiration to us all. Peace king.

Been fuckin wit Cole since '09 hope I get to meet him one day, he my favorite

Cole fanned TF out in that speech. That's wassup!

yeh I Gave You Power is one of my fav nas song

Had to come back to this, hadnt seen it since it initially came out, this is what makes Cole special, and he will be amongst the greats like Nas when it's all said and done

N.A.S. .. NAAAS NAAAS The 🐐 is out here making future 🐐s

pac lyricism skills cant fuck with nas real shyt pac was the soul nas is the mind

I felt that, especially when he mentioned Daughters. More conscious of the way we raise our daughters.

J Cole man you a legend now my g

this is so beautiful to watch, even all these years later.

I wish I could give J. Cole this speech one day.

Wow! this was an amazing presentment to Nas from his fan (J. Cole). He was well spoken and it was from the heart. I see the timeline when this was publish but for some reason, I was looking for videos with Nas in it and came to this one.

That's how I feel about J Cole

I love this speech!

Homie is spot on.Only for me i was on it from the first verse . ""Finessed keep a tech 9 on my dresser Lyrical professer Keep you under pressure Mind like a computer the inserter Paragraphs of murder The night club flirter. 🔥🔥🔥

Great..Great speech. Sincere tribute.

3:43 Is When J. Cole Says That Quote one Time Is Illmatic

That's EXACTLY how I felt the first time I heard Nas.

the more exposure I have to Cole, the more I like the man

Gotta love this man.

I have a new found respect for J. Cole!

I'm a true fan of both.Legendary status 💯

When he said Daughters I cried...Yassssssss!!!!!!!

undying love is the best story telling song EVER, cole knows wassup

Respect is honorable...

I'm in tears. That was fuckn awesome. 👏👏💜💛💚💙💓

Undying love on I am is a crazyyyyy song

i was waiting for the song that he was played and when he said I gave you power, i was like ooohhhhhh. Not too many songs like that ever.

Three things Kod is a banger album definitely a 9 or 10 Two, damn he’s such a good story teller, he can do it in songs but I didn’t know he could do it in fucking speeches that he barely prepared for, this is really impressive. Three, listen to what he says at 11:10 and he actually made a song on Kod call brackets that is literally about taxes so j cole has grown up I guess

Undying Love is his greatest song. Even Cole knows that

I love Has forever and J.Cole makes me happy nowadays too..

Heard myself talking !!!Nas the GREATEST

J Cole can spit too,someday he will be honored as legendary MC.Nas deserve his flowers

Cole inspires the way nas and pac inspired him

I'm watching this in 2018 😁

I'm so glad He got put on to Nas..J.Cole only knew west coast Mc cause it's all his stepfather played..Nas the G.O.A.T.. along with KRS

dope J. cole said it like how i would have said it as a fun and As my favorite rapper of all time. GREAT

Where else do you see this kinda camaraderie?? Nas, Jermaine, Kendrick... the realist... It's no accident that three of the true-blues of hip-hop flock together. “I’m not saying I’m gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.” - Tupac Shakur Stay true to yourself... Work towards being the best version of you so you can go out into the world and inspire others to become the best version of themselves..

The message Affirmative action Still dreaming

Great speech bro

Cole is my fav rapper

Its like this....U Are More than Just Some Rapper....In da Midst of 1s Life....U Have a Way of Picking up a Chin....While there going threw Alot of Life Challenges...2 the point they look up & Its U....Normally... I Go AROUND...& keep Steppin....So....Its A Purpose behind this POWER...Rappin is 1 of UR MANY GIFTS....Anybody can pick up a MIC....But 2 HOLD it...& Know what they got in their 👐 s... & SPREAD it is Another....Much Luv...

So sweet!!

Respect

I listened to this guy relentlessly growing up any body he done any track with i got tht album too esco,, my personal favourite.. Music is the answer... ✌ out

The poetry crazy

I think I have watched this 3 times

Tell'm J Cole! I AM by Nas is one of the best albums ever.

Nas is the GOAT

dang jcole really looks up to nas

"Who's you favourite rapper?" I would be in that audience like Cooooooole!!!

Well done.....😎🔥🔥🔥❤️

This is call showing mad respect and paying homage to the realist rapper/lyricist Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones/Tupac Amaru Shakur/Shawn Corey Carter top three rappers of all time. Nas was the best storyteller, 2pac was the inspirationalist, and Jay-z had the coldest flow...so it hard to rate them who is 1 or who is 3.... but that is the top three individual rappers/artists of all time and oh yeah you can't forget about Biggie Christoper Smalls,he had all those qualities .