NAS

Nasty Nas is a name everyone's heard, Nas has been rappin since 91 and he's goin at it 20 years later. He's from Queensbridge, New York and isn't the first from his family either, his father was also a musician for the kind of jazz, Olu Dara. At one point in his life he decided to join a group The Firm but only released one album with them called Illmatic in 93.

Nas dropped out of school in the eighth grade but if you take a look at him today, you can only say that he's a successful artist. He began writin' rhymes since he was nine and his rhymes styll kill it today. His albums are always a true product of hip hop and he's tryna bring hip hop back. He keeps his raps street and most people have hear NY state of mind by nas but check out these other tracks by him as well. His creativity and ability to put rhymes together keeps his tracks deep and real, far from all that mainstream bullshit. If you close your eyes and jus listen to Project windows you can imagine everything he's talkin about and that's just a true example of his creativity comin' to life.

A few years ago Nas was in a huge dispute with jay z, both of these artists went at it for a while through tracks constantly dissing each other. However, they both later peaced it out in a radio station in NYC. Nas has a determined mind as he's constantly releasing albums when he gets a chance, his latest album was relased in 2010 and everyone's heard of it as "Distant Relatives", it's an collaboration with nas and damian marley. He's also workin' on another album right now with  other people incudin RZA and Dr. Dre just to mention a few. His music is powerful and keeps hip hop afloat.