He changed it into more familiar Nas later. However, he did not stop learning: he read a lot about the African culture and he paid a lot of attention to religion.Īs a teenager, Nas performed with his friend Willy Graham, and at that time the rapper used the pseudonym Kid Wave. In 1985 Nasir’s parents divorced and he quitted the middle school. In the late 1970s Nasir’s family moved to Queens, and Nas became interested in hip-hop due to his friend and neighbor Willy "Ill Will" Graham, who played him different records. Nasir played the trumpet when he was only four and he started to rhyme at age nine. He has been familiar with the music since the very childhood: his father is a famous jazz musician Olu Dara.
Nasir Jones, performing under the pseudonym Nas, was born in Brooklyn in 1973.
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