HarperCollins announced that it will
publish a memoir by rapper Nas, according to NBC New York. Nas is best known for his album
Illmatic which sold more than a million units and his war of words with Jay-Z and Bill O'Reilly.
The book will be called
It Ain't Too Hard to Tell and will be co-written with journalist Toure. It will hit bookstores in the fall of 2012. Nas' next album,
Life Is Good, will drop later this year.