Want to rule the world with his music and also stand up and to be an activist in your
community.
Don't go anywhere as we have you covered with our top five fun facts about Nas.
Kicking things off who was fact number one, Nasir Jones known around the world to fans
as Nas was born in Queens, New York, on September 14, 1973.
Moving on to fact number two when looking at the career of Nas he is an excellent writer,
but when it came to education Nas did not take to school very well.
That is where in the 8th grade he dropped out of school and the streets would be the
inspiration behind many of his lyrics.
With fact, number three Nas would come out of the gate legendary status.
His first album Illmatic was released to the world in April of 1994 with production from
Top East Coast Producers like DJ Premier, Large Professor, Q-Tip, and Pete Rock.
Even today that album is still a staple in many hip-hop fans collection of top albums.
Moving on to fact number four when it comes to being a music artist selling lots of music
is always good and Nas did just that in 1996.
Nas dropped another hip-hop classic called, "It Was Written," featuring Dr. Dre, Lauryn
Hill, and Foxy Brown where the album went Double-Platinum selling over 2 million copies.
With our final fact in the world of hip-hop, beef is something you hear about where a hip-hop
artist battles another artist through song.
Nas would be involved in one of the biggest rap beefs of all time facing Jay-Z.
This back and forth beef in music would produce the greatest diss tracks of all time is Jay-Z
releasing the, "Takeover," and Nas releasing, "Ether."
Later both the Jay-Z and Nas would settle the beef but it is still remembered as a classic
today.
Alright, my friend that is a wrap with my top five fun facts about Nas.
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