 Nas first performed " The Don " live on March 18 , 2012 , as part of a set specially organised by video service Vevo at the music festival South by Southwest . At the 2012 ESPY Awards , Nas performed " The Don " as part of a medley of songs from Life Is Good , including " Nasty " and " Summer on Smash " , the latter which he performed with rapper and producer Swizz Beatz . On July 17 , 2012 , as part of an appearance on the satirical television program The Colbert Report , Nas performed both " The Don " and the single " Daughters " , a song which also appears on Life Is Good . 
