Nas
Biography
Nasir Jones, performing under the pseudonym Nas, was born in Brooklyn in 1973. He has been familiar with the music since the very childhood: his father is a famous jazz musician Olu Dara. Nasir played the trumpet when he was only four and he started to rhyme at age nine. In the late 1970s Nasir’s family moved to Queens, and Nas became interested in hip-hop due to his friend and neighbor Willy "Ill Will" Graham, who played him different records. In 1985 Nasir’s parents divorced and he quitted the middle school. However, he did not stop learning: he read a lot about the African culture and he paid a lot of attention to religion.
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Reviews
Untitled2008
The untitled album by rapper Nas initially was called N****r, for it presents Nasý deep study of the term from the point of view of sociology, history and jurisdiction
Hip Hop Is Dead2006
Take it easy, Hip Hop is not dead and will never be while there is Nas on this planet. Despite its discouraging title a new album from Nas Hip Hop Is Dead seems to breathe some new life giving forces in the entire rap culture
