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Musical style

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Dan56 (talk) 22:26, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nasty Nas

I can't seem to find any material where Nas released work under "Nasty Nas". Has he actually released anything under this alias? DiverseMentality 00:10, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes he did. See the Zebrahead soundtrack from 1992 where he appears as Nasty Nas on the song Halftime. Also on the song's single. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.171.128.138 (talk) 22:00, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh, I see. Thank you for pointing this out. DiverseMentality 22:09, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also on is album Illmatic, in the end of the song N.Y. State of Mind he is called Nasty Nas. --Urbanscape (talk) 20:12, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2pac diss

where in the article is 2pac diss bout him —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.183.233.4 (talk) 03:07, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is unimportant for wikipedia. --90.220.154.92 (talk) 21:41, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"this little nigga named nas think he live like me talk about he left the hospital take five like me"

Is a line heard in tupac's "against all odds"

This line, of course refers to a nas song entitled "The message" in which nas depicts a scene similar to tupac's in vivid detail.....

This "beef" was "squashed" at the mtv awards.

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones is his full name and should be mentioned as his full name.--BhainsRajput (talk) 21:03, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't seen one reputable source that claims his legal name includes "bin Olu Dara." A Google News search of "Nasir Jones" vs "Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones" yields 476 results vs 23. --Zimbabweed (talk) 06:31, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

His name is Nasir Jones. Bin Olu Dara sounds a lot like his father's name... I doubt its his name... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.36.157.129 (talk) 16:42, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's a source in the article that cites his full name as Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones. — Σ xplicit 19:31, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can you put the link here...so this can be confirmed...if it is in fact true or not. You always hear Nas claiming that his name is Nasir Jones. In none of his songs have I heard him say that his full name is Nasir bin olu dara jones —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.36.157.129 (talk) 02:24, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is common in the United States and other English speaking countries to only mention your first and last name when asked, any other names are sometimes deemed private or too long winded. Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones is his name given to him by his father due to his fathers conversion to Islam. 'bin' means 'son of' in Arabic, so his father named him Nasir, another Arabic name, bin 'son of' Olu Dara Jones.

--90.220.154.92 (talk) 21:35, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Religion

I'm not really an expert on religion,but is it possible to be a Christian and a member of the Nation of Gods and Earths People at the same time? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.86.111.20 (talk) 16:58, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, it is not, the ideologies of the Nation of Gods and Earths People conflict with the foundations of Christian teachings and are quite unique. They also conflict with Islam, which the religion has close ties to. --90.220.154.92 (talk) 21:38, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RZA mingles with Christianity as well as the Nation of Gods and Earths, so it is possible to associate with both, however, I highly doubt that Nas does.

Divorce

Is there a more reliable source to this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.36.157.129 (talk) 21:00, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

MTV has reported it. I'll add this as a reference as well. — Σ xplicit 21:07, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relationship with his father

I am curious to what Nas' relation ship was like with his father. I know he "describes" it in his fourth album... but from what I had understood previously is that his father was never around.... can any one clear this up? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.36.157.129 (talk) 16:40, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not until a source is found where he talks about this, other than his music, as rappers say alot of what isn't true just for the sake of being able to say something for whatever reason. If there is no source, you would have to wait till one is found. --90.220.154.92 (talk) 21:40, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Associated acts

I just added some more associated acts, based on the criteria of "multiple collaborations" and all that, based on glancing over the Nas discography:

Sean Combs ("Hate Me Now", "Everything I Love", "Journey Through the Life")
Dr. Dre ("Nas Is Coming", "Topless")
Rakim ("Streets of NY", "Classic") —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muhamedrulz (talk • contribs) 15:35, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The Game ("Why You Hate the Game", "Letter to the King")
Jadakiss ("What If", "Show Discipline", Lil Jon's "Grand Finale", Fat Joe's "John Blaze")
Jay-Z ("Black Republican", "Success", "I Do It For Hip Hop" [a Ludacris track]")
Kelis (they were married, and collaborated on "In Public", "Blindfold Me", "American Way")
R. Kelly ("Street Dreams" remix, "Money Makes the World Go Round")
Ludacris ("Virgo", "I Do It For Hip Hop")
Mobb Deep ("Live N---a Rap", "Eye for a Eye (Your Beef Is Mines)", "Give It Up Fast", etc.)
Raekwon ("Verbal Intercourse", MD's "Eye for an Eye", Fat Joe's "John Blaze")
Busta Rhymes ("Suicide Bounce", "Don't Get Carried Away")

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewlp1991 (talk • contribs) 21:44, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I added AZ because, well, it's Nas and AZ! Solofire6 (talk) 22:19, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Associated acts" is for artists who the subject of the page has had a significant number of collaborations with, or artists that regularly work with the artist in some way. You should not just glance over the discography and start adding random names. See Template:Infobox musical artist --FuriousFreddy (talk) 21:24, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Song clips?

Hi all, I'd like to promote this article to Good Article status (like I did with the Dr. Dre article back in 2008) and thus would like to add some song samples. The Illmatic (already GA-Class) has some significant ones. Any others that can show the evolution of Nas's music? Please do what you can to improve this article! Andrewlp1991 (talk) 05:48, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nas inspiration on African youngsters

I know a lot of people wont believe it when i say Nas lyrics give us inspiration in southern Africa.Its real poverty exists in southern African and what we are living in is 3 times what is called ghetto in America.The songs sang by Nas suits suits us the strugglers because they are not always about riches and pride but they are all about life facts and how to keep strength.Nas lyrics motivate us very much.

I had started dreaming of becoming a rapper since age Twelve and started writing my own lrics since then,now am twenty years old and still writting them but i have no money to release an album.Though its like this i dont loose hope i keep on writting and listening to the songs of my favourite rapper Nas.

Written by Gaoakanye Cuttens Mokgosi in Botswana Africa

Tense change needed in Distant Relatives section...

which is expected to be released in Fall 2009

Someone who has an account, can you change this from "is" to "was" as the album is still not yet released. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.117.50.67 (talk) 16:24, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Middle School dropout

Im not sure I see the relevance of being a middle school dropout to the success of his first album. I feel like this should either be removed or extrapolated. --Bradjohns (talk) 17:19, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]