Nas
Nas
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, better known by his stage name Nas /ˈnɑːz/, is an American hip hop recording artist, record producer, actor and entrepreneur. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas has released eight consecutive Platinum and Multi-Platinum albums and sold over 25 million records worldwide since 1994. He is also an entrepreneur through his own record label; he serves as associate publisher of Mass Appeal magazine and is the owner of a Fila sneaker store. He is...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth14 September 1973
CountryUnited States of America
When I say 'hip-hop is dead,' basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me. I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on.
DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us to control and to own hip-hop. DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
And the stuff that I write, is even tougher than dykes
I guess entertainment means blatantly lyin'
Hip-hop ain't died because of the South, that's retarded.
Dogs live longer than rappers.
I set it off with my own rhyme / cause I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time
People afraid of criticism but I always put myself in a sacrificial position,they been know I ain't just rappin for fame
There was a lot of negative that was put on rappers for using the word, and I feel like we're just misunderstood. Most of us are; some of us is just plain wack.
My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.
On the reals, all these crab niggaz know the deal, When we start the revolution, all they'll probably do is squeal.