Nano 3rd Gen. - Not working

Was working fine but after turning off and turning back on 15 minutes later it won't play anything anymore. All of the music and videos are there but the ipod freezes for a few minutes when I press the play button. The games are also not working and I've noticed that all of the album artwork is gone. Any suggestions?

Hello J-Dub 181,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
Have you tried resetting the iPod? If not, press and hold the Center and Menu buttons together until the Apple logo appears.
If, you are still have issues after resetting the iPod, it may be best to restore the iPod via iTunes and start from scratch. Usually a restore can resolve these types of issues.
[Restoring iPod to factory settings|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1339]
B-rock

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