All I Need Is One Mag: Nas Invests In Mass Appeal Media

Nas: Returning to Mass Appeal magazine, this time as an owner.

Nas first appeared on the cover of Mass Appeal magazine in 2002. A decade later, he’s coming back—as an owner.

The Queens-born rapper tells FORBES that he has invested a “six-figure” sum in the publication, which re-emerged as a quarterly print product earlier this year after a five-year hiatus.

“I always liked what they represented,” says Nas. “They invested into the culture … I saw their vision for what they planned and I thought I...