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Nas 'The Don' Video: God's Son Returns With a Pink Suit, Fire and… - Following the release of his new single "Daughters," Nas has returned with an over the top visual for "The Don," the hard-hitting first single from his forthcoming album Life Is Good. The… Read More

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Nas to Release "Life Is Good" on July 17

Apr 27, 2012

Life is good for Nas. Or at least it will be on July 17.

Nas 'Daughters': No I.D. Produces Track, Rapper…

Apr 26, 2012

The rapper, who is a father to his own daughter Destiny Jones, serves some…

Artwork: Nas – Daughters…

Apr 25, 2012

A combination of Deen's latent interest in the NFL Draft and the recent wave of…

Nas LP gains release date

Apr 25, 2012

Def Jam superiors have decreed that Nas's new album, 'Life Is Good', will be…

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Nas Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
New York, NY	Randalls Island	Fri	Jun 07 / 13	Find Tickets
New York, NY	Randalls Island	Sat	Jun 08 / 13	Find Tickets
Manchester, TN	Manchester Farm	Thu	Jun 13 / 13	Find Tickets
Pilton	Worthy Farm	Wed	Jun 26 / 13	Find Tickets
Antwerp	Openluchttheater Rivierenhof	Mon	Jul 01 / 13	Find Tickets
Freiburg	Zelt-musik-festival, Zirkuszelt	Tue	Jul 02 / 13	Find Tickets
Munchen	Kesselhaus	Wed	Jul 03 / 13	Find Tickets
Vilnius	Loftas (Independent Arts Centre)	Fri	Jul 05 / 13	Find Tickets
Frankfurt am Main	Unionhalle Frankfurt	Mon	Jul 08 / 13	Find Tickets
Amsterdam	Melkweg The Max	Wed	Jul 10 / 13	Find Tickets
London	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park	Sun	Jul 14 / 13	Find Tickets
Yokohama	Bay Hall	Thu	Aug 08 / 13	Find Tickets
Chicago, IL	Union Park	Fri	Aug 30 / 13	Find Tickets

Nas Biography

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Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones , is an American rapper and actor. He is the son of jazz musician Olu Dara. Since 1994, Nas has released eight consecutive platinum and multi-platinum albums and sold over 13 million records in the United States alone. Aside from rapping and acting, Nas is an entrepreneur through his own record label and magazine publishing. He currently serves as Mass Appeal Magazine's associate publisher. His musical career began in 1991 when he was featured on Main Source's track "Live at the Barbeque". His debut album ''Illmatic'', released in 1994, received universal acclaim from both critics and the hip hop community. It is frequently ranked as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. His follow-up album ''It Was Written'' debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Charts, stayed on top for four consecutive weeks, went platinum twice in only two months, and made Nas internationally known. From 1996 to 2005, Nas was involved in a highly publicized feud with rapper Jay-Z. In 2006, Nas signed to Def Jam. In 2010, he released a collaboration album with reggae artist Damian Marley, donating all royalties to charities active in Africa. His tenth studio album, ''Life Is Good'' was released in 2012. Nas is often named as one of the top hip hop artists. MTV ranked him at number 5 on their list of ''The Greatest MCs of All Time''. In 2012, ''The Source'' ranked him No. 2 on their list of the ''Top 50 Lyricists of All Time''. In 2013, Nas was ranked fourth on MTV's "Hottest MCs in the Game" list.

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