During a Q&A with Nas's former manager, Steve Stout, the Queens rapper opened up about how working with Damian Marley for their 2010 collaborative album, Distant Relatives, really helped him to get his life back together.
At the time, Nas was separated from his ex-wife Kelis and was suffering from many emotional struggles. According to Nas, Damian Marley helped him recover from the numbness he was feeling after splitting with Kelis.
When asked by Stoute, "The reggae tour - what made you go there?" Nas replied by saying:
"'Cause I got divorced. And I didn't know what to do with myself. I'm now by myself and in that home that's a quiet home by yourself and I realized I don't know how to do nothing. So I'm by myself, it's emotional, it's crazy right? So Damian and I, we were talking about doing this music and it happened at the right time. It took my mind off everything I was going through personally...Damian is a great dude. He's something so refreshing that's great to be around. We went to places I'd never been as a solo artist, like New Zealand and Australia. It gave me peace, you know what I mean? It gave me peace."
Source: xxlmag.com
