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It's not even Thanksgiving yet, people!

Halloween is over – we hope you followed our rules. If you did, we already know you had a great Halloween, maybe the best Halloween ever, but we digress…

Halloween is over, yes, but that Does Not Mean It’S Christmas. If you are already doing any of the below, Calm Down. It is not even Thanksgiving yet. You are getting into the holiday spirit too damn early!

So please, hold off on doing any of these until at least December 1:

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1. Buy a Tree: Are they even selling Christmas trees yet?! It is too early to buy a (real) Christmas tree. It will be dead before December 25 anyway. And it is too early to put up your fake Christmas tree. You do not need a Christmas tree distracting from your chic Thanksgiving décor.

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It may have been the most New York moment in years.

Robert De Niro, onstage Wednesday night at the Beacon Theatre, introduced Time Is Illmatic, the new documentary on Nas' 1994 landmark debut Illmatic, to kick off the Tribeca Film Festival. "Twenty years ago, I would've been 20 years too old for this music," quipped the actor and festival co-founder to a boisterous crowd of fans, media and seemingly every important hip-hop figure in mid-Nineties New York.

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Nas presents his debut album Illmatic and gives first performance of 'The Don' in Austin.

By Nadeska Alexis

Nas performs at SXSW 2012

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A classic never dies and Nas proved that to a packed house during the final night of South by Southwest, with a performance of his debut album Illmatic at Acl Live at the Moody Theatre. The 20th anniversary of Illmatic's release (April 19, 1994) is quickly approaching, and to commemorate the occasion, Vevo tapped the Queens, New York Mc to perform his celebrated album in its entirety.

The stage of Austin's Moody Theater was transformed into an elaborate set designed to replicate the atmosphere of mid-90s Queens. An image of the Queensbridge Houses were set behind a New York City bus stop tagged up with "Rip Ill Will," (a tribute to Nas' childhood friend Willie "Ill Will" Graham) and Nasir Jones climbed a flight of stairs,...

MTV News has an exclusive excerpt from a forthcoming Xxl interview Tyler conducted with Nas.

By Rob Markman

Nas on the cover of <i>Xxl</i> magazine

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Who knew that in 1991 when Nasty Nas appeared on Main Source's "Live at the Barbecue," the smart-alecky teenage lyricist who proclaimed that when he was 12 he "went to hell for snuffin' Jesus" would grow into one of rap's most respected artists? Twenty years later, Nas is preparing his 10th solo album and is still considered one of hip-hop's elite.

For the November issue (on stands October 25), Xxl magazine is celebrating Nasir's storied run with a special interview in which Tyler, the Creator, a smart-alecky rookie who also famously rhymed about getting on Jesus' bad side, conducts a Q&A with the veteran Queens Mc.

MTV News obtained an exclusive excerpt from the interview, wherein Tyler quizzes God's Son on his growth as an artist and riding go-karts.

Rapper also hints at possible title change for his Life Is Good album.

By Rob Markman

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Throughout his career, Nas has paid homage to 1980s hip-hop pioneers like Rakim and Mc Shan, and on his new single "Nasty," the Queensbridge lyricist once again revisits his wonder years.

"It's like Tom Ford, the designer, who is one of my favorite designers. I read somewhere he's inspired by the '60s and '70s and that's why his line looks like the future now. Because he came from a great time in fashion and he turned it into his interpretation and it gives you the future," said Nas, who chose to paint a picture of his own heyday and rap about the late '80s and early '90s on his new single.

On the Salaam Remi-produced track, which leaked to the Internet on Monday, Nas tosses nods...