Poet and rhyme-master Nas is coming to the Providence Performing Arts Center on July 20.
Nas will take the stage at 8 p.m., joined by the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra. Tickets for the concert, titled “Nas with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra,” will go on sale at the PPAC Box Office on Wednesday, March 20th, at 10 a.m.
The show is $53 to $203, with a $4 per ticket theatre restoration charge included in the price.
Tickets for Nas with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra go on sale on Wednesday, March 20 at ppacri.org, or by phone at 401.421.ARTS (2787).
About Nas
Timeless poet and rhyme master Nas delivered his first full-length album, Illmatic, in 1994. Nas released 14 subsequent albums, 8 of which are multi-platinum and platinum including: Nastradamus, Stillmatic , God’s Son, and Street’s Disciple. With 16 GRAMMY nominations, Nas released King’s Disease in 2020, giving Nas his first ever GRAMMY win for “Best Rap Album,” and released King’s Disease II, a sequel to the GRAMMY Award winning album, produced by Nas and Hit-Boy. Most recently, Nas released the third installment of the King’s Disease series. With no features, King’s Disease III was produced by Hit-Boy and executive produced by Nas and Hit-Boy. Most recently, Nas and Hit-Boy released Magic 3, featuring 15 brand new tracks, also marking the final chapter of the legendary run for the prolific rapper-producer duo. Magic 3 serves as the duo’s sixth album together in the last 3 years and serves as the third installment to the Magic series.
Legendary hip hop mogul, co-founder of Mass Appeal Records, actor, and executive producer, Nas’ extensive catalog speaks for itself.
About the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School is committed to engaging people of Southern New England as lifelong music listeners, teachers, learners, creators and performers. It is the only professional orchestra in the country to officially designate music education and performance as equal priorities. In addition to the Philharmonic Orchestra’s Classical, Pops, Education concerts and in-school performances, the RI Philharmonic Music School offers music education programs and performance opportunities to people of all ages, incomes and ability levels. Currently the only comprehensive, non-profit community music school in Rhode Island, the Philharmonic engages approximately 1,500 students statewide on a weekly basis at its music schools in East Providence and Westerly with an additional 13,000 students through partnerships, residencies, education concerts and in-school performances.
In December 2006, the RI Philharmonic moved its administrative offices to East Providence and in Fall 2008 opened the Carter Center for Music Education & Performance, the first facility of its kind in Rhode Island. The Center has dramatically increased the RI Philharmonic’s ability to provide high quality, comprehensive and accessible music education through its Music School to thousands of students through scholarships and community partnerships. In July 2021, the RI Phil Music School @ the UNITED opened in Westerly, RI in partnership with the UNITED Theatre. Students come to its two school sites from virtually every community in the state, including nearby Massachusetts and Connecticut.
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