Nas
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Nas.
Snippet of debut of Nas: Live at the BBQ the mother of his daughter, Destiny Jones, and teasing Nas for not having put out a hot album since Illmatic. Not long later, Nas released Stillmatic in December of 2001, which opened with a song called "Ether", a potshot at Jay-Z featuring the chant "F*%k Jay-Z." Stillmatic reaffirmed Nas' mainstream position in the consciousness of rap fans nationwide.
In December of 2002 Nas released the critically acclaimed God's Son album. The lead single, "Made You Look" created enough street buzz to allow the album to debut at number 18 on Billboard's top 100 albums list despite widespread internet bootlegging.
The second single, the inspirational "I Can", which contained a sample of the classical piece... became Nas' biggest hit to date during the spring and summer of 2003, garnering substantial radio airplay on urban, rhythmic, and top 40 radio stations; MTV, MTV2, and MTV Jams, as well as VH1 and VH1 Soul.
Nas is due to release his next album, Street's Disciple early Fall of 2004.
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