Nas

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actor entrepreneur human rapper record producer songwriter studio album

Nas is an influential American rapper and songwriter renowned for his complex lyricism and classic debut album "Illmatic," widely regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop records of all time.

Aliases (2)

Illmatic ×4
Nas (rapper) ×1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor → entrepreneur → human → rapper → record producer → songwriter → studio album →
associatedAct	AZ → DJ Premier → Hit-Boy → Mobb Deep → The Firm →
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Rap Album →
birthName	Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1973-09-14 →
debutAlbum	Illmatic →
debutAlbumReleaseDate	1994-04-19 →
father	Olu Dara →
formerSpouse	Kelis →
founderOf	Mass Appeal Records → Queensbridge Venture Partners →
genre	East Coast hip hop → conscious hip hop → hip hop → hip hop →
hasChild	Destiny Jones → Knight Jones →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
notableWork	God's Son → Illmatic → It Was Written → King's Disease → King's Disease II → King's Disease III → Life Is Good → Magic → Stillmatic →
occupation	actor → entrepreneur → rapper → record producer → songwriter →
performer	Nas →
placeOfBirth	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States →
raisedIn	Queensbridge Houses, Queens, New York City, New York, United States →
recordLabel	Columbia Records → Columbia Records → Def Jam Recordings → Mass Appeal Records →
religion	Islam →
residence	New York City, New York, United States →
sibling	Jungle →
stageName	Nas →
workFeaturedIn	Belly →

Referenced by (46)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boi-1da → DJ Toomp → DMX → Foxy Brown → Kelis → Miguel Jontel Pimentel → Puffy → Raekwon →	associatedAct
All of Me → Late Registration → Late Registration → Magna Carta Holy Grail → Masters of the Sun Vol. 1 → Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... → The Dreamer/The Believer →	featuresArtist
DJ Khalil → Hit-Boy →	hasCollaboratedWith
Press Play → Press Play ("Nas (rapper)") →	hasGuestArtist
Tupac Shakur → Wu-Tang Clan →	influenced
J. Cole → Kendrick Lamar →	influencedBy
Illmatic → We Major →	performer
Hit-Boy → Noah Shebib →	producedFor
No I.D. → Salaam Remi →	workedWith
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping →	castMember
DJ Premier →	collaboratedWith
The Blueprint →	containsDissTrackAgainst
Hype Williams →	directedMusicVideoFor
We Major →	featuredArtist
We Major →	featuresRapper
070 Shake →	hasCollaborationWith
We Major →	hasContributor
BODR →	hasGuestAppearance
Public Enemy →	hasInfluenced
The Firm →	hasMember
Victoria Monét →	hasWrittenSongsFor
Black Nativity →	mainCastMember
Def Jam Recordings →	notableArtist
Mark Batson →	notableWorkWith
Kelis →	spouse
Nas →	stageName