She was really inspired by him… Over the last couple years, a lot of times if I had my computer on in the studio, my Skype would ring and Amy would be there, ‘Hey what’s up?’ And then she’d end up talking to Nas or whatever, then they got each other numbers and they would talk.” “And I was just starting to work on Amy’s Frank album, so there are Nas songs where Amy did ad libs on them that we never put out that were just background that she was just singing on. “When I’d just met Amy, I was doing ‘Made You Look’ for Nas’ God’s Son album at the time,” Remi recently told the Hollywood Reporter. Others receiving awards from the foundation, which raises money to help children in need at various organizations in her name, include crooner Tony Bennett and producer Salaam Remi, who introduced Winehouse to Nas’ music and produced both “Like Smoke” and “Cherry Wine.” He will also perform alongside other, yet-to-be-announced guests. In celebration of that relationship, the Amy Winehouse Foundation will honor Nas at a $1,000-per-person dinner, dubbed the Amy Winehouse Inspiration Awards & Gala in New York on October 11. Then there’s “Cherry Wine,” a song on Nas’ latest, Life Is Good, that features a previously unheard Winehouse vocal and proves her admiration (or at least appreciation) was mutual. Jones, after all), the inclusion of the song “Like Smoke,” on the first of possibly many posthumous Winehouse releases, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, provided more insight. Jones” weren’t proof-positive enough that Amy Winehouse had a deep respect for Queens-bred rapper Nas (he’s Mr.
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