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

SUBSCRIBE to VIBE: http://bit.ly/subvibe J. Cole made Nas proud again at the 2nd Annual VIBE Impact Awards. The North Carolina rapper's admiration for Nas took center stage in 2013, after his Born Sinner shout out to the Queensbridge rapper "Let Nas Down" born the remix offspring "Made Nas Proud" featuring the man himself. A VIBE cover with his idol soon followed. Cole put on a suit and took to the podium at VIBE's Impact Awards to roast his favorite rapper in one of the best speeches of the night. Cole reminisced about the first time he heard Mr. Jones' It Was Written and converted from a diehard Tupac fan to a Nas stan. "...Once I fell in love with the art form of rhyming it was clear to see what I was drawn to, and it was a few things. It was introspection, storytelling, emotion and lyricism," said Cole. "Those were the things that I could see that I was clearly falling in love with, just as a fan of somebody, that wanted to do this. And, during my early romance with hip-hop, there was one rapper who was and still is the poster child for all of those qualities that I just named and that's Nasir Jones, obviously. " Well said, Jermaine. Watch his full speech below. FOLLOW VIBE ON: TWITTER   / vibemagazine   FACEBOOK   / vibe   INSTAGRAM   / vibemagazine   FOR THE LATEST ISH: http://www.vibe.com