Born: Long Island, NY, 1973
Years Active: 1998-2008
Member of: The Firm
Influenced by: Rakim, Gang Starr, Blu, Main Source, Marley Marl, Kool G Rap, Erick Sermon, Public Enemy
Genre: Hip-Hop
Biography: Beginning with his classic debut, Illmatic (1994), Nas stood tall for years as one of New York City's leading rap voices, ...
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Jul 01 2009 14:30PM
by Michael D. Ayers
Filed under: Hip-Hop News
The Boombox Music Blog: In a behind-the-scenes video released today, Nas reveals more about his forthcoming album with prolific reggae artist Damian "Junior Gong" Marley. As we said back in February, the two have been working on a record that melds hip-hop and reggae. While ... Read moreJun 09 2009 13:30PM
by Sharks
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, R'n'B News, What's Beef?
The Boombox Music Blog: Reports about hip-hop power couple Kelisand Nas' divorce have been spreading for some time, but until now there has been little explanation as to what went down between the Queens, NY, rapper and his songstress wife. That is, until last week, when ... Read moreMay 20 2009 14:30PM
by Tracey Ford
Filed under: Hip-Hop News, What's Beef?
The Boombox Music Blog: Divorces are never pretty and it looks like things are about to get ugly between rap icon Nas and his pregnant, soon to be ex-wife, Kelis. According to reports, Nas does not want to pay his estranged (and, just a reminder, pregnant!) wife a dime in ... Read more
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07/01/09
Nas, Damian Marley Reveal 'Distant Relative' Details In a behind-the-scenes video releas...
The Boombox
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06/15/09
Kelis Says She's Broke, Wants Nas to Cough Up Dough According to TMZ , singer, and rappe...
The Boombox
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05/20/09
Nas Asks Judge to Deny Kelis Spousal Support Divorces are never pretty and it looks like...
The Boombox
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04/14/09
Nas and Kelis Consider Allowing Fans to Name Baby Rapper Nas and wife, R&B singer Kelis ...
The Boombox
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02/17/09
Nas Confirms Upcoming Project is a Baby Boy The rapper, who admitted that he's not accus...
The Boombox
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02/10/09
Nas to Release Album with Damian Marley Though his 'Untitled' LP didn't win Best Rap Alb...
The Boombox
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02/08/09
Lil Wayne Snags Grammy for Best Rap Album Lil Wayne beat out fellow hip-hop heavyweights...
The Boombox
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02/03/09
Nas To Appear On 'Detox,' Calls Dr. Dre 'Best Producer of All Time' Nas has confirmed th...
The Boombox
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01/21/09
Young Jeezy Feat. Nas, 'My President' -- New Video Why You Should Watch: The Atlanta rap...
The Boombox
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01/14/09
Nas, Kelis Expecting First Child Together Hip-hop star Nas and his wife, R&B/pop singer,...
The Boombox
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12/31/08
Soulja Boy Claims Nas 'Killed Hip-Hop' Rapper Soulja Boy Tell Em took to his blog, once ...
The Boombox
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11/24/08
Ludacris Gets Theatrical on New Album Radio personality-turned-rapper-turned-actor Ludac...
The Boombox
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11/19/08
Ludacris Feat. Jay-Z and Nas, 'I Do it for Hip Hop' -- New Song The most anticipated tr...
The Boombox
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11/04/08
Nas Records 'Election Night' Hours Before Decision 2008 As our nation storms the polls t...
The Boombox
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10/14/08
Jim Jones Says Nas 'Lost His Pizazz,' Cleans Up T.I. Mess Lately, New York rapper Jim Jo...
The Boombox
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09/08/08
Real Talk: AZ Considers Recording Album With Pete Rock Having first appeared on Nas ' 'L...
The Boombox
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08/27/08
Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums of All Time: No. 12 Since the first line of Nas ' 'Life's a B----,...
The Boombox
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08/07/08
Top 10 Rock The Bells Moments You Didn't Hear About Sure, Rock The Bells was a great lin...
The Boombox
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08/01/08
Nas, Murs Talk Rock the Bells Last summer's Rock the Bells moved the annual hip-hop fest...
The Boombox
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07/23/08
Dr. Dre Hopes to Release 'Detox' in 'November or December' After much buzz surrounding t...
The Boombox
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07/22/08
Nas Takes Beef to the Street, Joins FOX Protest Nas has been extremely vocal about his s...
The Boombox
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06/24/08
Nas Talks Upcoming Album, Drama Surrounding Use of N-Word When Nas ' new album hits July...
The Boombox
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06/09/08
Nas' Heroic First Single Hits the 'Net God's son returns with epic new single 'Hero,' co...
The Boombox
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2:36 AM
Rock The Bells '09 hits T.O. This year's version of Rock The Bells came off pretty much ...
JAM! Showbiz
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07/04/09
The Game Says Sorry to 50 Cent, G-Unit and Fans Rapper the Game apologizes for past beha...
TheCelebrityCafe.com
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07/02/09
Hip-Hop Rumors:Soulja Boy Retires and Returns? Brisco Starting Label? New Jack City II A...
AllHipHop.com
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07/02/09
Blaq Poet: Queensbridge Survivor The latter applies to Blaq Poet, who was then a brash, ...
AllHipHop.com
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07/01/09
Nas, Damian Marley Reveal 'Distant Relative' Details In a behind-the-scenes video releas...
The Boombox
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07/01/09
AllHipHop Chartwatch: Here Comes MJ, Maino, Ace Hood This week's chart watch comes at a ...
AllHipHop.com
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06/28/09
Best entertainment bets for June 28-July 2 The yellow brick road leads to Stages Theatre...
Pioneer Press - St Paul MN
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06/28/09
Rapper brings drama, hip-hop and reggae Controversy seems to naturally swirl around Nasi...
Omaha World Herald - Omaha NE
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06/25/09
60 RAPPERS IN 60 DAYS: DJ Quik While fellow California producer Dr. Dre collected all th...
Vibe
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06/24/09
HOT FIVE AT 5: Featuring Nas From his forthcoming P.O.L.O. (Grand Hustle/Atlantic) Dro, ...
Vibe
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06/23/09
THE BEST RAPPER EVER: The Final Four Begins! Six weeks, and 131 rappers later, and we're...
Vibe
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06/23/09
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' He survived nine gun shots in 2000, then developed an i...
TheCelebrityCafe.com
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06/22/09
Skyzoo: Victory From Above F orget blaming it on the auto-tune or whatever critics can m...
AllHipHop.com
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06/19/09
Nas' Father's Day Tribute Rapper Nas has taken to the Internet to pay tribute to dads ac...
Starpulse
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06/16/09
Hip-Hop Rumors: Jay-Z To Get Exposed?! Bow Wow Testing Diddy? Pretty Ricky Addresses YOU!
AllHipHop.com
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06/12/09
Ras Kass Out Of Jail, Back To Rap Approximately one month after his release from prison,...
AllHipHop.com
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06/10/09
Mos Def Thinks Jay-Z Should Defend His 'Greatest Rapper Alive' Title When Mos Def visite...
MTV
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06/10/09
TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE: M.O.P. M.O.P. have stomped around Hip-Hop's battlefield for quite s...
AllHipHop.com
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06/09/09
Kelis Compares Her Pregnancy To 'Purgatory' Heavily pregnant R&B singer Kelis is despera...
Starpulse
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06/08/09
Jay-Z Makes Surprise Appearance At Summer Jam performed his new record off of Blueprint ...
VH1
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06/04/09
Kelis, Divorcing From Nas, Tweets About Infidelity In the wake of a dispatch by Nas via ...
MTV
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06/04/09
TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE: illseed S traight up, I like ill MC's The rappers that I have alway...
AllHipHop.com
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06/02/09
Canadian crowd angry after Nas no-show Rapper Nas has fired back at promoters of a show ...
The Hollywood Reporter
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06/01/09
Hip-Hop Rumors: Pink Wants To Skin Kanye! Jamie Foxxx WINS With Halle! Hardbody Mel! All...
AllHipHop.com
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06/01/09
Nas Explains Why He Cancelled a Concert in Canada On Thursday night, fans in Torbay, New...
TheCelebrityCafe.com
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06/01/09
Mike Tyson, Glory, and the Tyranny of an Oppressive Media —Nas, " Legendary (Mike Tyson)...
AllHipHop.com
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05/31/09
Nas Blames Promoters For Gig No-Show Rapper Nas has spoken out to explain why he snubbed...
Starpulse
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05/30/09
Nas Ditches Appearance, Causes Trouble In Canada Rapper Nas sparked chaos at a scheduled...
Starpulse
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05/28/09
Stop All The Drake Hate First, let me admit that I am not a fan of Drake's, at least not...
AllHipHop.com
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05/28/09
Hip-Hop Rumors: Jay-Z Disses Autotune! Rihanna Revenge! 29 with 21 Kids? All content wit...
AllHipHop.com
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07/03/09
Could Jay Z Replace Michael Jackson? As he played "Big Pimpin" to a raucous and majority...
Ear Infection
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07/01/09
Nas, Damian Marley Reveal 'Distant Relative' Details In a behind-the-scenes video releas...
The Boombox
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06/29/09
Busta Rhymes, Nas, Marley Own the Stage at Rock the Bells Launch Then the co-headlining ...
Rock and Roll Daily
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06/22/09
Video Interview: Wale Dresses To Impress It takes DC rapper Wale two hours to get dresse...
MTV Buzzworthy Blog
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06/19/09
Nas' Father's Day Tribute Rapper Nas has taken to the Internet to pay tribute to dads ac...
Starpulse News Blog
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06/16/09
Will 'Keeping It Real" Ever Go Right? So as with most good comedy, there's some other da...
The Assimilated Negro
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06/16/09
[BOOTLEG] Beastie Boys @ Bonnaroo 2009 - including new song “Too Many Rapper” with Nas T...
You Ain't No Picasso
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06/15/09
“Broke” Kelis Demands Child Support From Estranged Husband Nas Kelis is going to court t...
Hip Hop PopCrunch
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06/09/09
Kelis Compares Her Pregnancy To 'Purgatory' Heavily pregnant R&B singer Kelis is despera...
Starpulse News Blog
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06/06/09
Nas Cheats, Kelis Tweets Kelis has gone off on a rant on her Twitter and suggested to th...
Perez Hilton
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05/31/09
Nas Blames Promoters For Gig No-Show Rapper Nas has spoken out to explain why he snubbed...
Starpulse News Blog
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05/30/09
Nas Ditches Appearance, Causes Trouble In Canada Rapper Nas sparked chaos at a scheduled...
Starpulse News Blog
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05/26/09
Dear TAN: Why Did Ghotsface Do Us Like That? (Pt. 2) Send your questions/letters to thea...
The Assimilated Negro
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05/20/09
Nas Asks Judge to Deny Kelis Spousal Support Divorces are never pretty and it looks like...
The Boombox
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04/16/09
Nas Needs Help Choosing Son’s Name As Nas ' wife, R&B singer Kelis , gets closer and clo...
Celebrity Baby Blog
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04/14/09
Nas and Kelis Consider Allowing Fans to Name Baby Rapper Nas and wife, R&B singer Kelis ...
The Boombox
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02/19/09
Dr. Dre’s “Topless,” Featuring T.I. and Nas, Leaks Onto Radio Another possible track off...
Rock and Roll Daily
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02/17/09
Nas Confirms Upcoming Project is a Baby Boy The rapper, who admitted that he's not accus...
The Boombox
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02/10/09
Nas to Release Album with Damian Marley Though his 'Untitled' LP didn't win Best Rap Alb...
The Boombox
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02/08/09
Lil Wayne Snags Grammy for Best Rap Album Lil Wayne beat out fellow hip-hop heavyweights...
The Boombox
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02/03/09
Nas To Appear On 'Detox,' Calls Dr. Dre 'Best Producer of All Time' Nas has confirmed th...
The Boombox
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01/28/09
50 Cent: 'Nas' Career Is Over' 50 Cent no longer considers rap veteran Nas among his cha...
Starpulse News Blog
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01/21/09
Young Jeezy Feat. Nas, 'My President' -- New Video Why You Should Watch: The Atlanta rap...
The Boombox
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01/14/09
Nas, Kelis Expecting First Child Together Hip-hop star Nas and his wife, R&B/pop singer,...
The Boombox
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01/03/09
Music Review: Ludacris - Theater of the Mind When the house lights go down to start Luda...
Blogcritics.org Music
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12/31/08
Soulja Boy Claims Nas 'Killed Hip-Hop' Rapper Soulja Boy Tell Em took to his blog, once ...
The Boombox
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12/17/08
Noisemakers with Peter Rosenberg featuring DJ Premier, Dec 11 It was bitterly cold and r...
Time Out NY
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12/04/08
Lotta rap and a buncha Brits: assessing the Grammy nominees Once again, stars from hip-h...
Soundcheck - OCRegister.com
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12/03/08
The Grammy nominations -- complete list For recordings released during the Eligibility Y...
Turn It Up - Chicago Tribune
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11/25/08
Music Review: Ludacris Disappoints On New CD For some odd reason, Ludacris feels the nee...
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