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CP27283277 — This image released by the Tribeca Film Festival shows Nas in a scene from the documentary, "Time is Illmatic." The film, which follows the trajectory of Nas’ 1994 landmark debut album, "Illmatic," will open the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival on April 16. The festival will run through April 27. (AP Photo/Tribeca Film Festival)

Nas documentary ‘Time Is Illmatic,’ performance by rapper to open Tribeca Film Festival

February 19 2014 01:05 AM

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Tribeca Film Festival will again kick things off with music, opening its 13th annual edition with a documentary on Nas and a performance by the rapper.

The New York festival announced Wednesday that it will open April 16 with “Time Is Illmatic,” a documentary on Nas’ 1994 debut album “Illmatic.” Following the film premiere, Nas will perform the album in full.

Tribeca has in recent years increasingly turned to music documentaries to begin its film festival.

Last year’s festival started with the Brooklyn indie band the National and the documentary “Mistaken for Strangers.” In 2011, Cameron Crowe’s Elton John and Leon Russell documentary, “The Union,” was followed by a set by John.

The festival runs April 16 through April 27.

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