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Biography

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas (formerly Nasty Nas and Escobar), born September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is a prominent American MC. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was raised in the infamous Queensbridge housing projects in Queensbridge, New York. According to the Nasty Songfacts, as a teenager rapper, Nasir first went by the nickname Kid Wave before adopting his more commonly known alias of Nasty Nas.

Popular Songs

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  N.Y. State of Mind

  Illmatic

  Key of C♯

  8d
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  Ether

  Stillmatic

  Key of G

  2d
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  The Message

  It Was Written

  Key of F

  12d
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  I Gave You Power

  It Was Written

  Key of F♯

  7d
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  If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)

  It Was Written

  Key of Gm

  11m

Discography

NASIR

2018

Life Is Good

2012

Distant Relatives

2010

[untitled]

2008

Hip Hop Is Dead

2006

Street's Disciple

2004

God's Son

2002

The Lost Tapes

2002

Stillmatic

2001

I Am…

1999

Nastradamus

1999

It Was Written

1996

Illmatic

1994