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.WebsiteNasir bin Olu Dara Jones (; born September 14, 1973), known professionally as Nas ( ), is an American rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor. The son of jazz musician, Nas has released eight consecutive platinum and multi-platinum albums and has sold over 30 million records worldwide.
He is also an entrepreneur through his own record label; he serves as of magazine and the co-founder of.His musical career began in 1991, as a featured artist on 's 'Live at the Barbeque'. His debut album (1994) received universal acclaim from both critics and the hip-hop community and is frequently ranked as one of the. Nas's follow-up debuted at #1 on the, stayed on top for four consecutive weeks, went Double Platinum in two months, and made Nas internationally known. From 2001 to 2005, Nas was involved in a highly publicized feud with, popularized by the '. Nas signed to in 2006. In 2010, he released, a collaboration album with, donating all royalties to charities active in. His 11th studio album, (2012) was nominated for at the.In 2006, ranked Nas at #5 on their list of 'The Greatest of All Time'.
In 2012, ranked him #2 on their list of the 'Top 50 Lyricists of All Time'. In 2013, Nas was ranked 4th on MTV's 'Hottest MCs in the Game' list. 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. Nas has released eight consecutive platinum albums and has sold over 30 million records worldwide. Contents.Early lifeNasir bin Olu Dara Jones was born on September 14, 1973, in,. His father, (born Charles Jones III), is a jazz and blues musician from Mississippi.
His mother, Fannie Ann (Little) Jones, was a worker from. He has one sibling, a brother named Jabari Fret who is best known as 'Jungle', a member of the hip-hop group. His father took his name 'Olu Dara' from the.As a young child, Nas and his family relocated to the in the neighborhood of. His neighbor, Willy 'Ill Will' Graham, influenced his interest in by playing him records. His parents divorced in 1985, and he dropped out of school after the eighth grade. He educated himself about through the and the.
In his early years, he played the trumpet and began writing his own rhymes. Career Late 1980s–1994: Underground beginnings and album debut. Further information:As a teenager, Nas enlisted his best friend and upstairs neighbor Willy 'Ill Will' Graham as his DJ.
Nas initially went by the nickname 'Kid Wave' before adopting his more commonly known alias of 'Nasty Nas'. In the late-1980s, he met up with the producer and went to the studio where and were recording their albums. When they were not in the recording studio, Nas would go into the booth and record his own material. However, none of it was ever released. In 1991, Nas performed on 's 'Live at the Barbeque'. In mid-1992, Nas was approached by of, who became his manager and secured Nas a record deal with during the same year. Nas made his solo debut under the name of 'Nasty Nas' on the single ' from MC Serch's soundtrack for the film.
Called the new, his rhyming skills attracted a significant amount of attention within the hip-hop community.In 1994, Nas's debut album, was finally released. It was awarded best album of 1994. It also featured production from, and, as well as guest appearances from Nas's friend and his father Olu Dara.
The album spawned several singles, including 'The World Is Yours', 'It Ain't Hard to Tell', and 'One Love'. Shaheem Reid of called Illmatic 'the first classic ' of 1994. In 1994, Nas also recorded the song 'One on One' for the soundtrack to the film. In his book To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic, writes of Nas's impact at the time:Nas, the poetic sage of the Queensbridge projects, was hailed as the second coming of —as if the first had reached his expiration date. Nas never became 'the next Rakim,' nor did he really have to.
Illmatic stood on its own terms. The sublime lyricism of the CD, combined with the fact that it was delivered into the crucible of the boiling conflict, quickly solidified his reputation as the premier writer of his time.Steve Huey of described Nas's lyrics on Illmatic as 'highly literate' and his raps 'superbly fluid regardless of the size of his vocabulary', adding that Nas is 'able to evoke the bleak reality of ghetto life without losing hope or forgetting the good times'. Reviewing Nas's second album It Was Written, Leo Stanley of allmusic believed the rhymes to be not as complex as those in Illmatic but still 'not only flow, but manage to tell coherent stories as well'. About.com ranked Illmatic as the greatest hip-hop album of all time, and Prefix magazine praised it as 'the best hip-hop record ever made'.
1995–1997: Mainstream direction and the Firm. Further information: andbegan to press Nas to work towards more commercial topics, such as that of, who had become successful by releasing street singles that still retained radio-friendly appeal. In 1995, Nas did guest performances on the albums by, by, by.
Nas also parted ways with manager, enlisted, and began preparation for his second LP, consciously working towards a crossover-oriented sound., chiefly produced by Tone and Poke of Trackmasters, was released in mid-1996. Two singles, ' (featuring of ) and, including a remix with were instant hits. These songs were promoted by big-budget music videos directed by, making Nas a common name among mainstream. It Was Written featured the debut of, a supergroup consisting of Nas,. The album also expanded on Nas's Escobar persona, who lived a / -esque lifestyle. On the other hand, references to Scarface protagonist notwithstanding, Illmatic was more about his early life growing up in the projects.Signed to 's label, the Firm began working on their debut album.
Halfway through the production of the album, was fired from the group by, who had unsuccessfully attempted to force Cormega to sign a deal with his management company. Cormega subsequently became one of Nas's most vocal opponents and released a number of singles ' Nas, Stoute, and, who replaced Cormega as the fourth member of the Firm. Was finally released in 1997 to mixed reviews.
The album failed to live up to its expected sales, despite being certified platinum, and the members of the group disbanded to go their separate ways. During this period, Nas was one of four rappers (the others being, and ) in the hip-hop supergroup, who appeared on the song ' from. 1998–2000: Inconsistent output. Nas in 1998In late 1998, Nas began working on a double album, to be entitled I Am. The Autobiography; he intended it as the middle ground between and, with each track detailing a part of his life. In 1998, Nas co-wrote and starred in 's 1998 feature film. The Autobiography was completed in early 1999, and a music video was shot for its lead single, '.
It was produced by and contained vocal samples from '. Music critic M.F. DiBella noticed that Nas also covered 'politics, the state of hip-hop, and religion with his own unique perspective' in the album besides autobiographical lyrics.
Much of the LP was leaked into MP3 format onto the Internet, and Nas and Stoute quickly recorded enough substitute material to constitute a single-disc release.The second single on was ', featuring, which was used as an example by Nas's critics accusing him of moving towards more commercial themes. The video featured Nas and Combs being in a manner similar to Jesus Christ; after the video was completed, Combs requested his crucifixion scene be edited out of the video. However, the unedited copy of the 'Hate Me Now' video made its way to MTV. Within minutes of the broadcast, Combs and his bodyguards allegedly made their way into 's office and assaulted him, at one point apparently hitting Stoute over the head with a champagne bottle. Stoute pressed charges, but he and Combs that June.
Columbia had scheduled to release the material from I Am. Under the title during the later half of 1999, but, at the last minute, Nas decided to record an entire new album for the 1999 release of. Nastradamus was therefore rushed to meet a November release date.
Though critics were not kind to the album, it did result in a minor hit, '.In 2000, which is popularly known as simply QB's Finest, was released on Nas's. QB's Finest is a compilation album that featured Nas and a number of other rappers from projects, including, the, Millennium Thug and, who had briefly reconciled with Nas. The album also featured guest appearances from Queensbridge hip-hop legends,. Shan and Marley Marl both appeared on the lead single 'Da Bridge 2001', which was based on Shan & Marl's 1986 recording 'The Bridge'. Fans and critics feared that Nas's career was declining, artistically and commercially, as both I Am.
And Nastradamus were criticised as inconsistent. 2001–2003: Dispute with Jay-Z and artistic comeback. Further information:After trading veiled criticisms on various songs, freestyles and mixtape appearances, the highly publicised dispute between Nas and became widely known to the public in 2001. Jay-Z, in his song ', criticised Nas by calling him 'fake' and his career 'lame'. Nas responded with ', in which he compared Jay-Z to such characters as from the sitcom and cigarette company mascot. The song was included on Nas's fifth studio album, released in December 2001.
His daughter, Destiny, is listed as an executive producer on Stillmatic so she can always receive royalty checks from the album. Stillmatic peaked at No. 5 on the U.S.
Chart and featured the singles ' and '.In response to 'Ether', Jay-Z released the song 'Supa Ugly', which radio host premiered on December 11, 2001. In the song, Jay-Z explicitly boasts about having an affair with Nas's girlfriend, Carmen Bryan. New York City hip-hop radio station issued a poll asking listeners which rapper made the better; Nas won with 58% while Jay-Z got 42% of the votes. In 2002, in the midst of the dispute between the two New York rappers, cited both Nas and Jay-Z as being two of the best MCs in the industry, in his song.
Both the dispute and Stillmatic signalled an artistic comeback for Nas after a string of inconsistent albums., a compilation of previously unreleased or bootlegged songs from 1997-2001, was released by Columbia in September 2002. The collection attained respectable sales and received rave reviews from critics.In December 2002, Nas released the album including its lead single, 'Made You Look' which used a pitched down sample of the 's '. The album peaked at No. 12 on the and No. 1 on the charts despite widespread Internet bootlegging.
Time Magazine named his album best hip-hop album of the year. Gave it four stars and gave it four mics. The second single, ', which reworked elements from 's ', became Nas's biggest hit to date in 2003, garnering substantial radio airplay on urban, and radio stations, as well as on the MTV and music video networks. God's Son also includes several songs dedicated to Nas's mother, who died of cancer in April 2002, including 'Dance'. In 2003, Nas was featured on the song 'Play Me', from Korn's LP. Also in 2003, a live performance in New York City, featuring, and (of fame), was released on DVD as Made You Look: God's Son Live.God's Son was critical in the power struggle between Nas and Jay-Z in the hip-hop industry at the time. In an article at the time, Joseph Jones of stated, 'Whether you like it or not, 'Ether' did this.
With God's Son, Nas has the opportunity to cement his status as the King of NY, at least for another 3-4-year term, or he could prove that he is not the savior that hip-hop fans should be pinning their hopes on.' After the album's release, he began helping, made up of his younger brother Jungle and friend Wiz (Wizard), put together their debut album, Bravehearted.
The album features guest appearances from Nas, Nashawn (Millennium Thug), and.2004–2006: Double album and Def Jam. See also:Nas released his seventh album, a sprawling double album, on November 30, 2004. It addressed subject matter both political and personal, including his impending marriage to recording artist.
The double-sided single '/'You Know My Style' was released months before the album's release, followed by the single ' upon the album's release. Although Street's Disciple went, it served as a drop-off from Nas's previous commercial successes.In 2005, New York-based rapper dissed Nas on his song ', which brought his reputation into question in hip-hop circles.
In October, Nas made a surprise appearance at Jay-Z's 'I Declare War' concert, where they reconciled their beef. At the show, Jay-Z announced to the crowd, 'It's bigger than 'I Declare War'. Let's go, Esco!' And Nas then joined him onstage, and the two performed Jay-Z's ' (1996) together, a song that featured a prominent sample of Nas's 1994 track: ' (1994). The reconciliation created the opportunity for Nas to sign a deal with, of which Jay-Z was president at the time. He signed Nas in January 2006. The signing included an agreement that Nas was to be paid about $3,000,000, including a recording budget, for each of his first two albums with Def Jam.2006–2008: Politicized efforts and controversies.
See also: andTentatively called Hip Hop Is Dead.The N, was a commentary on the state of hip-hop and featured 'Black Republican', a hyped collaboration with Jay-Z. The album debuted on Def Jam and Nas new imprint at that label, The Jones Experience, at No. 1 on the charts, selling 355,000 copies—Nas' third number one album, along with It Was Written and I Am. It also inspired reactions about the state of hip-hop, particularly controversy with artists who felt the album's title was a criticism aimed at them. Nas's 2004 song 'Thief's Theme' was featured in the 2006 film.
Nas's former label, released the compilation in November.On October 12, 2007, Nas announced that his next album would be called Nigger. Both commentators, such as and, and the conservative-aligned news channel were outraged; Jackson called on entertainers to stop using the epithet after comedian used it onstage in late 2006.
Controversy escalated as the album's impending release date drew nearer, going as far as to spark rumors that was planning to drop Nas unless he changed the title. Additionally, assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries requested New York's Comptroller to withdraw $84,000,000 from the state that has been invested into and its parent company, if the album's title was not changed. On the opposite side of the spectrum, many of the most famous names in the entertainment industry expressed a sense of trust in Nas for using the racial epithet as the title of his full-length LP. Nas's management worried that the album would not be sold by chain stores such as, thus limiting its distribution.On May 19, 2008, Nas decided to forgo an album title. Responding to 's remarks and use of the word 'nigger', Nas called him 'the biggest player hater', stating 'His time is up. All you old niggas' time is up. We heard your voice, we saw your marching, we heard your sermons.
We don't want to hear that shit no more. It's a new day. It's a new voice. I'm here now. We don't need Jesse; I'm here.
We the voice now. It's no more Jesse. You ain't helping nobody in the 'hood and that's the bottom line.' He also said of the album's title:It's important to me that this album gets to the fans. It's been a long time coming. I want my fans to know that creatively and lyrically, they can expect the same content and the same messages.
The people will always know what the real title of this album is and what to call it. — NasThe album was ultimately released on July 15, 2008, untitled. It featured production from, of, Sons of Light and J. Myers,', the album's lead single released on June 23, 2008, reached No. 97 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.
87 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. In July, Nas attained a shoe deal with. In an interview with in July, Nas speculated that he might release two albums: one produced by and another by —simultaneously the same day. Nas worked on Dr. Dre's studio album.
Nas was also awarded 'Emcee of the Year' in the HipHopDX 2008 Awards for his latest solo effort, the quality of his appearances on other albums and was described as having 'become an artist who thrives off of reinvention and going against the system.' Bill O'Reilly and Virginia Tech controversy. Nas performing in, 2007On September 6, 2007, Nas performed at a free concert for the student body and faculty, following the. He was joined by,. When announced that Nas was to perform, political commentator and denounced the concert and called for Nas's removal, citing 'violent' lyrics on songs such as 'Shoot 'Em Up', 'Got Urself a Gun', and 'Made You Look'.
During his Talking Points Memo segment for August 15, 2007, an argument erupted in which O'Reilly claimed that it was not only Nas's lyrical content that made him inappropriate for the event, citing the gun conviction on Nas's. In the midst of his debate with author Bakari Kitwana ( The Hip Hop Generation), who defended Nas, claiming that Fox News had ' select fragments of the songs to make their case, O'Reilly shouted, 'Even in his personal life, man, he's got a conviction for weapons, all right? He's got a weapons conviction, sir! On his sheet! This is a school that had a mass murderer with a shotgun gunning down people—this guy has got a conviction for weapons, and you say he's appropriate? O'Reilly repeated the claim another five times before cutting the segment short.
On September 6, 2007, 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. About two weeks later, Nas was interviewed by Shaheem Reid of MTV News, where he criticised O'Reilly, calling him uncivilized and willing to go to extremes for publicity. Responding to O'Reilly, Nas, in an interview with, said:He doesn't understand the younger generation. He deals with the past. The people he represents are Republican, older, a generation that has nothing to do with the reality of what's happening now with my generation.
He's not really on my radar. People like him are supposed to be taught and people like me are supposed to let niggas like him know. I don't take him serious. His shit is all about getting facts twisted or whatever. I wouldn't honor anything Bill O'Reilly has to say.
It just shows you what bloodsuckers like him do: They abuse something like the Virginia Tech tragedy for show ratings. You can't talk to a person like that.On July 23, 2008, Nas appeared on to discuss his opinion of O'Reilly and Fox News, which he accused of against the African-American community and re-challenged O'Reilly to a debate. During the appearance, Nas sat on boxes of more than 625,000 signatures gathered by online advocacy organisation in support of a petition accusing Fox of and fear-mongering.
2009–present: Collaborations, Life Is Good and Nasir. See also:, andAt the, Nas confirmed he was collaborating on an album with singer which was expected to be released in late 2009. Nas said of the collaboration in an interview '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'd worked with people before from the reggae world but when I worked with Damian, the whole workout was perfect'.
A portion of the profit was planned to go towards building a school in Africa. He went on to say that it was 'too early to tell the title or anything like that'. Reported that the album would be titled.Nas also revealed that he would begin working on his tenth studio album following the release of Distant Relatives. During late 2009, Nas used his live band Mulatto with music director Dustin Moore for concerts in Europe and Australia. Main article: Studio albums.
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