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Trivia
Birth name: Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones Date of birth: 14 September 1973 Place of birth:
Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA Nickname: Nasty Nas, Nas Escobar, Nastradamus Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Spouse:
Kelis Rogers (8 January 2005 - present)
Daughter named Destiny. Her mother is
Carmen.
Has an on-going feud with rapper Jay-Z and
Cormega.
Son of jazz musician Olu Dara and the late
Fannie Ann Jones.
His mom died of breast cancer. At the
hospital, he held her in his arms until she passed on.
Rumors spread that he had joined Murder
Inc., most likely started because of his collaboration with Ja Rule and
Ashanti.
Has a song dedicated to his mother entitled
"Dance" which can be heard on his latest album, "God's
Son."
Has made eight albums: "Illmatic,"
"It Was Written," "I Am...," "Nastradamus,"
"Stillmatic," "From Illmatic to Stillmatic,"
"The Lost Tapes Vol. 1,"God's Son", "Streets
Disciple."
Met his soon-to-be wife, Kelis, for the
first time during an after-party at Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs's bacchanal at
the luxurious Cipriani restaurant.
Proposed to Kelis in her mom's house on
Christmas Eve, 2002.
Recorded a hiphop-jazz collaboration with
his father called "Bridging The Gap".
Grew up with rappers such as Cormega,
Nature, Notorious B.I.G. and Jay-Z |
