Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas (formerly Nasty Nas and Escobar), born September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is a prominent American MC The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was raised in the infamous Queensbridge housing projects in Queensbridge, New York According to the Nasty Songfacts, as a teenager rapper, Nasir first went by the nickname Kid Wave before adopting his more commonly known alias of Nasty Nas By the time he released his landmark solo debut album Illmatic in 1994, Jones was known as Nas Illmatic was a critically acclaimed bestseller and is widely considered one of the greatest rap albums of all time He married R&B singer Kelis in 2005, they have one son together, and she filed for divorce on the 29th of April 2009 Nas was also a part of hip hop supergroup The Firm, which released one albumIn the years following the release of Illmatic, Nas pursued a more commercial direction, which resulted in wider success but decreased artistic credibility among critics and hip-hop purists Furthermore, Nas' increased commercial success was accompanied by stylistic changes that fostered accusations of "selling out" Nevertheless, the LP Stillmatic is often credited for restoring Nas' credibility among fans
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