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His neighbor, Willy 'Ill Will' Graham, influenced his interest in hip hop by playing him records. Īs a young child, Nas and his family relocated to the Queensbridge Houses in the borough of Queens.

He is a cousin of actors Yara Shahidi and Sayeed Shahidi. ' Nasir' is an Arabic name meaning 'helper and protector', while 'bin' means 'son of' in Arabic. His father adopted the name 'Olu Dara' from the Yoruba people. He has a brother, Jabari Fret, who raps under the name Jungle and is a member of hip hop group Bravehearts. Postal Service worker from North Carolina. His mother, Fannie Ann (née Little 1941–2002) was a U.S. His father, Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III), is a jazz and blues musician from Mississippi. Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn on September 14, 1973, to African American parents. 4.5 Bill O'Reilly and Virginia Tech controversy.

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2.8 2020–present: King's Disease series and Magic.2.6 2009–2012: Distant Relatives and Life Is Good.2.5 2006–2008: Hip Hop Is Dead, Untitled, and politicized efforts.2.4 2001–2006: Feud with Jay-Z, Stillmatic, God's Son, and double album.2.3 1998–2001: Heightened commercial direction and inconsistent output.2.2 1994–1998: Transition to mainstream direction and the Firm.2.1 1991–1994: The beginnings and Illmatic.

Nas has released fourteen studio albums since 1994, ten of which are certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum in the U.S. He is also an entrepreneur through his own record label he serves as associate publisher of Mass Appeal magazine and the co-founder of Mass Appeal Records. ranked him first on their list of the '50 Greatest MCs of All Time' in 2014, and a year later, Nas was featured on the '10 Best Rappers of All Time' list by Billboard. In 2013, Nas was ranked 4th on MTV's 'Hottest MCs in the Game' list. In 2012, The Source ranked him second on their list of the 'Top 50 Lyricists of All Time'. In the same year, his 14th studio album, Magic, was released on Christmas Eve. After receiving thirteen nominations, his 12th studio album, King's Disease (2020), won him his first Grammy for Best Rap Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards he then followed it by releasing his 13th studio album, King's Disease II (2021), as the album's sequel. His 10th studio album, Life Is Good (2012), was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. In 2010, Nas released Distant Relatives, a collaboration album with Damian Marley, donating all royalties to charities active in Africa. After squashing the feud, Nas signed to Jay-Z's Def Jam Recordings in 2006 and went in a more provocative, politicized direction with the albums Hip Hop Is Dead (2006) and his untitled 9th studio album (2008). It was this feud, along with Nas's albums Stillmatic (2001), God's Son (2002), and the double album Street's Disciple (2004), that helped restore his critical standing.

įrom 2001 to 2005, Nas was involved in a highly publicized feud with Jay-Z, popularized by the diss track ' Ether'. Both released in 1999, Nas's albums I Am and Nastradamus were criticized as inconsistent and too commercially oriented, and critics and fans feared that his output was declining in quality. His second album It Was Written (1996) debuted atop the Billboard 200 and charted for four consecutive weeks the album, along with its single ' If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)' (featuring Lauryn Hill), catapulted Nas into international success. Nas's debut album, Illmatic (1994), received universal acclaim upon release, and is considered to be one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time in 2021, the album was inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry. He was later featured on the 1991 single ' Live at the Barbeque' by Main Source. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Jones's musical career began in 1989 as he adopted the moniker of 'Nasty Nas' and recorded demos for Large Professor.

Rooted in East Coast hip hop, he is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones ( / n ɑː ˈ s ɪər/ born September 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Nas ( / n ɑː z/), is an American rapper.