Hennessy got a chance to talk to Erik Parker and One9, the writer and director of Time is Illmatic. The documentary that focuses on the culture surrounding the making of Nas’ classic Illmatic.  The two explained how the documentary first started as a side project that they worked on in their free time and eventually got the approval from Nas himself. They also explain why it took an entire decade just to get the film up on the big screen.

Check out the video below.

A Look Inside Nas: Time Is Illmatic from dress code on Vimeo.