Why isn't Contacts syncing to Messages?

I have a contact list in Contacts that originally was embeded in Messages so that I was able to text/iMessage from my Mac and the conversations I had on my iPhone were also availble in Messages. Recently this function has stopped. Now I still have all those numbers/emails in Contacts but it is not being listed in Messages nor does it sync with my iPhone.
I've tried Prefrences in Messages to enable my iMessage account (my Apple ID which includes my email/number) with Messages, but this has not allowed me to iMessage for some reason.
Any advice would help!

I have also tried restoring my iPod and I lost everything since iTunes didn't sync, but my main concern right now is how to get all my music back onto my iPod

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