Class is in session

With a career spanning two decades, Nas is about to take on a new role as professor of the Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship at Harvard. The course will include a selection process of artists and scholars and offer them an opportunity to show how how hip-hop positively impacted them to excel.

While that sounds like pure awesome-sauce, we think Nas should also take the time to teach the youngins a thing or two he’s learned throughout his career.Here’s our list of important lessons Nas learned the hard way that any aspiring emcee should take heed to.