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Birthday: Sep 14, 1973
Place of Birth: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (September 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Nas, is an American rapper and businessman. Rooted in East Coast hip hop, he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time. 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. He was a featured artist on Main Source's "Live at the Barbeque" (1991), also produced by Large Professor. 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. 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. 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. From 2001 to 2005, Nas was involved in a highly publicized feud with Jay-Z, popularized by the diss track "Ether". 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. 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). In 2010, Nas released Distant Relatives, a collaboration album with Damian Marley, donating all royalties to charities active in Africa. His 10th studio album, Life Is Good (2012), was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. 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. In the same year, his 14th studio album, Magic, was released on Christmas Eve. In 2012, The Source ranked him second 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. About.com 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. 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. Nas has released fourteen studio albums since 1994, ten of which are certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum in the U.S. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Nas: Made You Look - God's Son Live Himself 2003
The MC: Why We Do It Himself 2005
Nas: Time Is Illmatic Self 2014
Jay Z: Live at the Royal Albert Hall Self 2006
Word is Bond Himself 2017
Nas: Live from the Kennedy Center Himself 2018
Nas: Live at Reading and Leeds Festival 2016 Himself 1970
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop Self 2004
You're Watching Video Music Box Self 2021
N.Y. State of Mind Tour self 2022
Belly Sincere 1998
Rhyme & Reason Himself 1997
DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do Self 2009
Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square Self - Singer 2016
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues Self 2022
Fresh Dressed Self 2015
One Night in Vegas Self 2010
Black America since MLK: And still I rise 1970
B.I.B.L.E. - The Documentary 2022
The American Epic Sessions Self 2016
Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. Self 2017
DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd Self (archive footage) 2009
Ticker Det. Art 'Fuzzy' Rice 2001
The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents 2005
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives 2015
Black Nativity Street Prophet (Isaiah) 2013
Monster Raymond 'Sunset' Green 2021
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 Self - Performer 2021
Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 2002
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Nas 2016
Beef Self 2003
DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70 Self (archive footage) 2009
In Too Deep Drug Dealer on Street Corner 1999
David Blaine: The Magic Way Self 2020
Uptown Girls Celebrity 2003
John Q Nas 2002
Series Cast Year
Short Circuitz 2007
All That 1994
The Colbert Report 2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
Diary Self 2000
The Wendy Williams Show 2008
Billy on the Street Himself 2011
Rapture Himself 2018
Real Time with Bill Maher Self 2003
The Defiant Ones Self 2017
The Last Dance Self 2020
Finding Your Roots Self 2012
The Shop Self 2018
Yo! MTV Raps Self 1988
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014
The Daily Show Self 1996
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015
The Chris Rock Show 1997
MTV Video Music Awards Self 1984
Britney Spears: The Videos 1998
The Arsenio Hall Show Self 2013
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