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
Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper - it's just me doing me. I'm stomping in my own lane. I'm doing what I do.
Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
I want each album to say something different and be accepted better than the last one but I don't have any point to outdo any particular album of mine.
You're supposed to be who you are. You're supposed to make music that is true to you.
Props is a true thug's wife.
If the virgin Mary had an abortion, I'd still be carried in a chariot of stampeding horses.
Sunlight and seeing something that was a thought become a thing and materialize - that makes me come alive.
I'm a reader, so when I go to bookstores I need (stuff) that's going to help me. There a big emptiness there and I want to help fill that through song.
We're all Africans, everyone - black, white, yellow.
Love the skinny model chicks but I prefer the thickness.
I don't have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
Somehow the rap game remind me of the crack game
I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.