#PhotoOfTheDay: Nas Was Honored With The W.E.B. Du Bois Medal From Harvard

A photo posted by Nasir Jones (@nas) on Sep 30, 2015 at 7:01pm PDT

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Historic night for the rap game. At the Hutchins Center Honors for the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal ceremony. This is a first for the Rap Game to receive this award but, definitely not the last. Thank you. #HarvardHistory
– Nas

Awarded since 2000, the Du Bois Medal is Harvard’s highest honor in the field of African and African American Studies. It is awarded to individuals in the U.S. and across the globe in recognition of their contributions to African American culture and the life of the mind. Recipients have included scholars, artists, writers, journalists, philanthropists, and administrators whose work has bolstered the field of African and African American Studies.
via Harvard

Salute to Nas for being honored with the W. E. B. Du Bois medal.