All three of these albums debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, making them Nas' third, fourth and fifth consecutive efforts to make the top spot, respectively.

Reid and released 'Hip Hop is Dead' that same year the untitled album in 2008 and 'Life is Good' in 2012. In 2004, Nas' seventh album, 'Street's Disciple', which was a massive disappointment, peaked at #16 on the Billboard 200 later climbed to #2 behind Eminem's 'Encore'.Д«y 2006, the rapper left Columbia and signed with Def Jam Recordings through L.A. The next year, months after the death of his mother, he released 'God's Son' on the same day as Tyrese's 'I Wanna Go There' and Common's 'Electric Circus'. The album hit #4 on the Billboard 200 and later went Platinum by the RIAA. In 1999 between quarters, he released 'I Am.' (which became the rapper's second #1 album) and 'Nastradamus' (which had failed to garner quite the same praise).Дuring November 2001, he released 'Stillmatic' to outbeat Ludacris' 'Word of Mouf', Busta Rhymes' 'Genesis' and Toni Braxton's 'Snowflakes'. His following album, 'It Was Written', released in 1996, became Nas' first album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. That same year, he signed to Columbia Records and released one of the most acclaimed hip-hop albums of all time, 'Illmatic'. In 1994, he and his ex-fiancee Carmen Bryant welcomed their only child together, Destiny Hope Bryant (nee Jones). Ill Will was pronounced dead soon after, while Jungle was under critical condition. By 1993, he witness his brother, Jungle and his friend, Ill Will being shot. In 1988, Nas dropped out of high school to focus on his future and was later kicked out of his mother's house. Throughout his welfare-infested life, he became a drug-dealer on the streets to help his family save money and their apartment. Nasir Jones was born Septemin Queens, New York, via the notoriously harsh Queensbridge Projects. He was married to singer Kelis Rogers in 2005 before they divorced in 2010. Nas is also the founder of the short-lived rap group, Bravehearts, which consists of Wiz (4), his cousin Nashawn and brother Jungle (2). He is the son of retired jazz musician Olu Dara. Real Name Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones Profile American rapper, songwriter and actor.

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