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.
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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.
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to my childhood self
Poet and Producer Mannie Rivers created this track as a letter to his younger self. Mannie has learned from bell hooks that the most revolutionary act a black man can take is to deal psychoanalytically with his childhood. Mannie’s parents abandoned him when he was four years old. Mannie’s adverse childhood experiences score is ten—the highest score possible. In every moment of the day, he creates. Predictably, he has developed multiple pathologies in adulthood—creating keeps his demons at bay.more
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