Nas, DJ PREMIER Announce Joint Album Title & Cover Art

Nas and DJ PREMIER have finally confirmed the remaining details about their highly anticipated joint album.

On Tuesday, November 25, the Queensbridge rapper and the revered producer announced the title of their upcoming LP, Light-Years. They posted the cover art, which features a photo of them together shot by veteran photographer Danny Hastings, and officially confirmed that the album will drop on December 12. Preemo previously revealed the release date in Europe during a tour stop with The Alchemist.

"How many people are ready for that Nas Premier album?" Preemo asked the crowd. "Are you ready for it? December 12. Get ready muthaf**kas!"

It's been a long time coming for Nas and DJ PREMIER. The duo first announced their plan to make a collaborative album nearly two decades ago. They spent years working on the project off-and-on while focusing on other ventures. They finally teased their album's arrival last year when they dropped "Define My Name" in honor of Illmatic's 30th anniversary. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Nas confirmed that the album is complete and revealed it would feature music he and Preemo have worked on from the early 2000s to the present.

“I can’t wait for people to finally hear it," Nas said. "I don’t know about anybody else, but for me and him, it was personally a long time coming for us to do it.”

Nas and DJ Premier's album is the final installment of Mass Appeal's "Legend Has It" series. The Queensbridge native and his longtime label helped release several major albums from iconic rappers, including Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Slick Rick, Big L, Mobb Deep and De La Soul. Posdnuos and DJ Maseo just dropped their 10th studio album, Cabin In The Sky, which is dedicated to the group's late member Trugoy The Dove, last week.

Light-Years finally arrives on December 12.