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Nas Biography

Nas is one of the most popular and richest Rapper who was born on September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, New York, United States.

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (/n ɑː ˈ s ɪər / ; born September 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Nas (/n ɑː z / ), is an American rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, and investor.

The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas has released twelve studio albums, with seven of them certified platinum and multi-platinum in the US.

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 Large Professor and went to the studio where Rakim and Kool G Rap 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 p