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Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, known mononymously as Nas, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and record producer. Rooted in East Coast hip-hop, he is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas began his musical career in 1989 under the moniker "Nasty Nas", and recorded demos under the wing of fellow East Coast rapper Large Professor. Nas made his recor…
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business · American rapper and entrepreneur (born 1973) · rapper · songwriter · record producer · actor · entrepreneur · music executive · restaurateur · dressmaker · investor · fashion designer · also Nas, Nasir Jones, Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, Nasty Nas, Nas Escobar
Born 14 September 1973 · Q194220
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2026· 5 entries
“I'm like the farmer, planting words, people are seeds/ My truth is the soil, help you grow like trees/ May the children come in all colors, change like leaves/ Behold before you, one of those prophetic MC's.”
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Published video “Nas & DJ Premier - "GiT Ready" (Official Video)”.
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Released album “Feature Presentation 2025”.
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Released album “Half-Man, Half-Amazing (Mixed by DJ Green Lantern)”.
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2025· 15 entries
Published video “LIGHT-YEARS”.
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Published video “Nas & DJ Premier - "My Life Is Real" (Visualizer)”.
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Published video “Nas & DJ Premier - "GiT Ready" (Visualizer)”.
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Published video “Nas & DJ Premier - "NY State Of Mind PT. 3" (Visualizer)”.
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Published video “Nas & DJ Premier - "Welcome To The Underground" (Visualizer)”.
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Published video “Nas & DJ Premier - "Pause Tapes" (Visualizer)”.
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Published video “Nas & DJ Premier - "Madman" (Visualizer)”.
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Published video “Nas & DJ Premier - "Writers" (Visualizer)”.
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Published video “Nas & DJ Premier - "Sons (Young Kings)" (Visualizer)”.
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Released album “Light‐Years”.
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Premier revealed at a Bristol concert with fellow producer The Alchemist that the album, concluding the Legend Has It
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Nas revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone, that he and Premier recorded older songs that date back when the project was announced, which would be included for the album
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Mass Appeal Records announced a series titled Legend Has It
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From Nas & DJ Premier, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Mobb Deep, De La Soul, Big L, and Slick Rick
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Nas released his long-awaited collaborative album with DJ Premier
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2024· 5 entries
Published video “Nas - Nas Is Like (Official Video - Japanese Subtitles)”.
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Published video “Nas - It Ain't Hard to Tell (Official Video - Japanese Subtitles)”.
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Published video “Nas - The World Is Yours (Official Video - Japanese Subtitles)”.
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Published video “Nas - If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) (Official Video - Japanese Subtitles)”.
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It was announced for the 30th anniversary of Illmatic, that Nas and DJ Premier would be releasing their collaboration album in late 2024
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2023· 4 entries
Released album “I Am...The Autobiography”.
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Released album “Magic 3”.
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Nas announced the 3rd installment to the Magic album series, Magic 3, which would be released two days later, on his 50th birthday, and stated it would be his sixth and final collaboration with Hit-Boy on an album
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Released album “Magic 2”.
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2022· 6 entries
Released album “King’s Disease III”.
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Published video “Nas - Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park) (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Nas - Life's a Bitch (Official Audio) ft. AZ, Olu Dara”.
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Published video “Nas - One Time 4 Your Mind (Official Audio)”.
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Released album “King Disease III (Chopped Not Slopped by DJ Lil Steve)”.
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Released album “Magic (Chopped Not Slopped By DJ Lil Steve)”.
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2021· 12 entries
Released album “Magic”.
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Snopes rated the claim “In late September 2021, rapper Lil Nas X performed Dolly Parton’s country hit “Jolene” in a live recording of Radio 1’s Live Lounge for BBC.” True.
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fact checker rated the claim “Nas Daily loses 20 million followers following backlash and accusations of exploiting the Filipino culture.” misleading.
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And included the song "Nobody" featuring Lauryn Hill
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Released album “King’s Disease II”.
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Snopes rated the claim “On July 28, 2021, rapper Lil Nas X released a version of the music video for his song "Industry Baby" in which viewers can see him and male dancers performing naked.” False.
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Published video “Nas - Street Dreams (Bonus Verse - Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Nas - Silent Murder (Official Audio)”.
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fact checker rated the claim “Nas Daily collaborated with the East Jerusalem hospital network to raise funds on their behalf.” fake.
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Published video “Nas - EPMD (Official Video)”.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Nike will release a shoe in collaboration with Lil Nas X dedicated to Satan with a Pentagram and human blood in it.” False.
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Released album “King's Disease II (Chopped Not Slopped By DJ Lil Steve)”.
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2020· 5 entries
Released ep “God Body Flow”.
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Released ep “Peace Queen”.
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Released album “King’s Disease”.
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After Doja Cat faced accusations of participating in racist conversations on the internet, Nas referenced her in his song "Ultra Black"; in the song, Nas describes himself as "unapologetically black, the opposite of Doja
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Released album “King's Disease (Chopped Not Slopped By DJ Lil Steve)”.
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2019· 3 entries
Nas was honored by Haute Living, along with Watches of Switzerland and Hennessy, in a celebratory affair that included a violin rendition of iconic Nas songs performed by Edward W
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Released album “The Lost Tapes II”.
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Which included production from Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Swizz Beatz, The Alchemist, and RZA
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2018· 3 entries
Released album “NASIR”.
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Released album “Illmatic: Live from the Kennedy Center”.
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Kelis accused Nas of being physically and mentally abusive during their marriage
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2017· 2 entries
Released ep “In My Ghetto”.
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Nas released the song Angel Dust as soundtrack for TV series The Getdown
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2016· 1 entry
Received the Jimmy Iovine Icon Award at 2016 REVOLT Music Conference for having a lasting impact and unique influence on music, numerous years in the rap business, his partnership with Hennessy, and Mass Appeal imprin
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2014· 10 entries
Released album “Coachella Nights”.
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Released album “Soul Ultimate Experience, Vol. 3 : Back in day”.
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Released album “Soulmatic”.
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Released album “iTunes Originals”.
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On the twentieth anniversary of Illmatic, the documentary Nas: Time Is Illmatic was premiered which recounted circumstances leading up to Nas's debut album
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Released album “Reanimated”.
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Nas invested as part of a $2
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Released album “Chopstradamus: The Purplematic Chapter (Chopped Not Slopped by DJ Blurray & DJ Whut It Dew)”.
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In 2014, Nas invested as part of a $2.8M round in viral video startup ViralGains another addition to Queens-bridge venture partners portfolio.
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And a year later, Nas was featured on the "10 Best Rappers of All Time" list by Billboard
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2013· 5 entries
Released album “Before Lost Tape 2”.
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Nas invested an undisclosed six-figure sum into Mass Appeal magazine, where he went on to serve as the publication's associate publisher, joined by creative firm Decon and White Owl Capital Partners
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Nas was ranked fourth on MTV's "Hottest MCs in the Game" list
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Released album “The Essential NAS”.
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Released album “Playlist: The Very Best of Nas”.
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2012· 5 entries
Released album “Life Is Good”.
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Nas became the first rapper to have a personal verified account on Genius, where he explains his own lyrics and occasionally comments on lyrics from other rappers he admires
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Released album “Life Is Purple (Chopped Not Slopped by DJ Candlestick)”.
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Reports emerged that the IRS had filed papers in Georgia to garnish a portion of Nas's earnings from material published under BMI and ASCAP, until his delinquent tax bill is settled
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Fourth on MTV's Annual Hottest MCs in the Game list in 2013, and was named the "Greatest MC of All Time" by About
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2011· 5 entries
Released album “Soul Ultimate Experience, Vol. 2 : Good Music”.
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Released album “NY State of Mind, Vol. 1”.
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Released album “The Lost Album, Vol. 1: Last Real Nigga Alive”.
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Released album “Soul Ultimate Experience, Vol.1”.
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Nas announced that he would release collaboration albums with Mobb Deep, Common, and a third with DJ Premier
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2010· 6 entries
Released album “The Lost Tapes 1.5”.
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Released album “Distant Relatives”.
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Released album “QB 2 Compton Ringtones”.
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A follow-up compilation to The Lost Tapes (2002) was delayed indefinitely due to issues between him and Def Jam
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Nas released Distant Relatives, a collaborative album with Damian Marley that donated its royalties to active African charities
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Released album “Esco & Sosa”.
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2009· 5 entries
A spokesperson confirmed that Kelis filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences
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“I was a big fan of his father and of course all the children, all the offspring, and Damian, I kind of looked at Damian as a rap guy. His stuff is not really singing, or if he does, it comes off more hard, like on some street shit. I always liked how reggae and hip-hop have always been intertwined and always kind of pushed each other, I always liked the connection. I”
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Released album “No Apologies II: The Most Dangerous M.C.”.
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Released album “OG Status”.
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“s wishes. The birth was also announced by Nas via an online video. The couple”
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2008· 5 entries
Nas appeared on The Colbert Report to discuss his opinion of O'Reilly and Fox News, which he accused of bias against the African-American community and re-challenged O'Reilly to a debate
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Released album “[untitled]”.
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Nas decided to forgo an album title
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Released album “The Nigger Tape”.
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Released album “God’s Gangster”.
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2007· 8 entries
Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Nas announced that his next album would be called Nigger
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During his set at "A Concert for Virginia Tech", Nas twice referred to Bill O'Reilly as "a chump", prompting loud cheers by members of the crowd
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Nas performed at a free concert for the Virginia Tech student body and faculty, following the school shooting there
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Released album “The Lost Prophecy”.
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Released album “The Acapellas You Never Got! Volume Seven”.
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Released album “The Beginning of the N”.
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Released album “Scriptures & Testaments”.
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2006· 6 entries
Released album “Executive Decision”.
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Released album “Hip Hop Is Dead”.
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Released album “Original Demo Tape”.
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Released album “Living Legends Chapter 1”.
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Released album “Napalm”.
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Released album “The Prophecy, Volume 2: The Beginning of the N”.
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2005· 5 entries
Released album “Uncommonly Nasty”.
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Released album “The Leftover Tracks”.
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Released album “God’s Gift: The Nas/Jay-Z Project”.
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New York-based rapper 50 Cent dissed Nas on his song "Piggy Bank", which brought his reputation into question in hip-hop circles
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When Jay-Z and Nas performed on stage together in a surprise concert also featuring P
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2004· 7 entries
Released album “The Prophecy”.
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Released album “The Seventh Coming Mixtape”.
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Released album “Street’s Disciple”.
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Released album “God's Black”.
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Released album “The Lost Tapes 2”.
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Released album “It Was... Remixed (Rare Unreleased & remixed)”.
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Released album “The Best of Nas”.
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2003· 6 entries
Released album “The Freestyles (Vol. 2)”.
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Released album “The Freestyles”.
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Garnering substantial radio airplay on urban, rhythmic, and top 40 radio stations, as well as on the MTV and VH1 music video networks
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Nas was featured on the Korn song "Play Me", from Korn's Take a Look in the Mirror LP
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Released ep “Streets Of New York EP”.
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A live performance in New York City, featuring Ludacris, Jadakiss, and Darryl McDaniels (of Run-D
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2002· 7 entries
Released album “Made You Look: God’s Son Live 2002”.
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Nas released his sixth studio album, God's Son, including its lead single, "Made You Look", which used a pitched down sample of the Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache"
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Released album “God’s Son”.
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Released album “The Lost Tapes”.
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Released album “From Illmatic to Stillmatic (The Remixes)”.
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In the midst of the dispute between the two New York rappers, Eminem cited both Nas and Jay-Z as being two of the best MCs in the industry, in his song "'Till I Collapse"
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Released album “Death of Escobar”.
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2001· 4 entries
Released album “Stillmatic”.
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Released ep “Rule”.
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Released ep “The Nas Chronicles”.
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After Jay-Z publicly addressed Nas at the Summer Jam, performing what would go on to be known as "Takeover", ending the performance by saying "ask Nas, he don't want it with Hov"
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2000· 2 entries
Released ep “Unreleased Studio Joints I Am LP Set”.
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Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest, which is popularly known as simply QB's Finest, was released on Nas's Ill Will Records
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1999· 5 entries
Released album “Nastradamus”.
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Released album “I Am…”.
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Nas's third and fourth albums I Am and Nastradamus were criticized as inconsistent and too commercially oriented, with critics and audiences fearing a decline in the quality of his output
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Released ep “Nas Is Like / Dr. Knockboots”.
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“Freedom or jail clips inserted, a baby's being born/ Same time a man is murdered, the beginning and end.”
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1998· 1 entry
Nas co-wrote and starred in Hype Williams's feature film Belly
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1996· 2 entries
Released album “It Was Written”.
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Released ep “Escobar - The Remix EP”.
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1995· 1 entry
Nas did guest performances on the albums Doe or Die by AZ, The Infamous by Mobb Deep, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon and 4,5,6 by Kool G Rap
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1994· 5 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — for their pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games.
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Nas's ex-fiancée, Carmen Bryan, gave birth to their daughter, Destiny
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Nas's debut album, Illmatic, was released
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Released album “Illmatic”.
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Nas also recorded the song "One on One" for the soundtrack to the film Street Fighter
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1992· 1 entry
And released his debut studio album, Illmatic on April 19, 1994
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1989· 2 entries
Under the moniker "Nasty Nas", and recorded demos under the wing of fellow East Coast rapper Large Professor
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Then-16-year-old Nas met up with producer Large Professor and went to the studio where Rakim and Kool G Rap were recording their albums
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1985· 1 entry
And he dropped out of school after the eighth grade
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1973· 1 entry
Born 1973-09-14.
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