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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --><br />
| Name = Nas<br />
| Img = NasirJones.jpg<br />
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| Background = solo_singer<br />
| Birth_name = Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones<br />
| Alias = Nasty Nas<!-- Do ''not'' include any more names, see [[Template:Infobox Musical artist]]--><br />
| Born = {{Birth date and age|1973|9|14}}<br />[[Brooklyn]], [[New York]], [[United States]]<!-- the format is City, State, Country. The specific area of NYC is explained in the body --><br />
| Died =<br />
| Origin = [[Queensbridge]], [[Queens]], [[New York]]<br />
| Instrument = [[Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]], [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboards]]<br />
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| Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]<br />
| Occupation = [[rapping|Rapper]], [[actor]]<br />
| Years_active = 1989–present<br />
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]], [[Ill Will Records|Ill Will]], [[The Jones Experience]]<br />
| Associated_acts = [[Olu Dara]], [[The Firm (hip hop group)|The Firm]], [[Bravehearts]], [[Kelis]], [[Mobb Deep]], [[Damian Marley]], [[Large Professor]], [[Wu-Tang Clan]]<!-- Exercise restraint in this list - it should not name every Nas collaborator ever, see [[Template:Infobox Musical artist]]--><br />
| URL = {{URL|nas.defjam.com}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones'''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/05/01/2009-05-01_say_pregnant_kelis_set_to_divorce_nas.html|title=Pregnant singer Kelis set to divorce rapper Nas|date=2009-05-01|work=[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]]|accessdate=2009-10-25}}</ref><br />
born September 14, 1973), who performs under the name '''Nas''' is the son of [[jazz]] musician [[Olu Dara]], he was born and raised in the [[Queensbridge, Queens|Queensbridge]] [[housing project]]s in [[New York City]]. His debut album ''[[Illmatic]]'', released in 1994 by [[Columbia Records]], was critically acclaimed and would go on to be widely hailed a classic in the genre. Nas was part of hip-hop [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[The Firm (hip hop group)|The Firm]], which released [[The Album (The Firm album)|one album]].<br />
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