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Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (/nɑːˈsɪər/; born September 14, 1973), better known as Nas /ˈnɑːz/, is an American rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, record producer and actor. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas has released eight consecutive platinum and multi-platinum albums and sold over 25 million records worldwide since 1994. He is also an entrepreneur through his own record label; he serves as associate publisher of Mass Appeal magazine and is the owner of a Fila sneaker store. He is currently signed to Mass Appeal Records.
His musical career began in 1991 when he was featured on Main Source's track "Live at the Barbeque". His debut album Illmatic, released in 1994, received universal acclaim from both critics and the hip hop community; it is frequently ranked as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time.
Nas' follow-up album, It Was Written, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, stayed on top for four consecutive weeks, went Platinum twice in only two months, and made Nas internationally known. From 2001 to 2005, Nas was involved in a highly publicized feud with rapper Jay Z. In 2006, Nas signed to Def Jam. In 2010, he released a collaboration album with reggae artist Damian Marley, donating all royalties to charities active in Africa. His eleventh studio album, Life Is Good, was released in 2012, and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
Actors: Mike Reus (actor), Nasrdin Dchar (actor), Nils Rensen (editor), Julius Ponten (producer), Marwan Kenzari (actor), Jim Taihuttu (director), Jim Taihuttu (writer), Achmed Akkabi (actor), Victor Ponten (producer), Frieder Wallis (producer), Philip Harthoorn (producer), Flinke Namen (composer), Ruud Geurts (producer),
Plot: After a night's work Nas get's picked up by two old friends carrying a jerry can. They ask him for help. Despite his suspicion he decides to tag along trying to unravel their obvious false pretenses. Eventually he gets confronted with his own prejudice.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Steve Maresca (actor), Ben Wood (actor), Matt Durrant (director), Matt Durrant (actor), Matt Durrant (producer), Matt Durrant (writer), Chase Hope (actor), Alex Opdam (producer), Dan Spade (actor), Omar Juweinat (actor), Richard Kessell (actor), Eric Hee Song (actor), Nicky Blaze (actor), Jacinda Gugliemino (actress), Tahlia Phillips (actress),
Plot: When Gee's drug suppliers get arrested doing a "run", he inherits a piece of the local action for himself. Realizing the opportunity to move up a rung, Gee takes it upon himself to position him and his partner Nas to new heights. Working for others always had it's limits, but as Gee soon finds out with responsibility comes new risks. Almost instantly they are pressured by aggressive competitors, bad customers and scarce product. As they traverse the cruel drug economy the outside world tends to become irrelevant, even futile. In a world where money, reputation and survival is important, Gee shows that self preservation can be undone from within.
Genres: Crime,Actors: Madhav Mathur (producer), Madhav Mathur (director), Madhav Mathur (actor), Madhav Mathur (writer), Varun Viswanath (editor), Varun Viswanath (producer), Siddesh Mukundan (actor), Siddesh Mukundan (composer), Vineet Kumar (actor), Navneet Jagannathan (actor), Lishi Lee (actor), Perrine Piano (actor), Mark Bartram (actor), Ipshita Bhattacharya (actor), Tanvi Chaturvedi (actor),
Plot: Ali, a possessed workaholic writer, is spiralling downwards into a permanent state of mental corrosion, in his ill-conceived insomniac efforts to complete his latest book of fiction. On one fateful night, his overactive imagination gets the better of him. Characters and episodes from his unfinished book come to life in front of his weary eyes. They get strangely intertwined with people and experiences from his own life, resulting in absurd, tragic comedy. Tormented and chased by seductive assassins, loony psychiatrists, bullies and army men, he has only one person who can actually save him, and she too seems reluctant.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: Denzel Washington (actor), Philip Williams (actor), Gerry Quigley (actor), Ethan Suplee (actor), David Thornton (actor), Larry King (actor), Nas (actor), Eddie Griffin (actor), Jay Leno (actor), Ray Liotta (actor), Robert Duvall (actor), Bill Maher (actor), Obba Babatundé (actor), Laura Harring (actress), James Woods (actor),
Plot: John Quincy Archibald's son Michael collapses while playing baseball as a result of heart failure. John rushes Michael to a hospital emergency room where he is informed that Michael's only hope is a transplant. Unfortunately, John's insurance won't cover his son's transplant. Out of options, John Q. takes the emergency room staff and patients hostage until hospital doctors agree to do the transplant.
Keywords: abusive-boyfriend, air-conditioning, air-duct, ambulance, ambulance-driver, anti-republican, arrest, auto-repossession, baseball, baseball-hat"Recently there has been an emergence of socially
conscious and political rappers. It seems to be
a new trend in the Hip-Hop world."
Yeah, check it, uh
Spot build-rocker, lil' papa killed Hoffa
Beard lil' longer, feel strong and I'll stop ya
Drill sergeant, still thorough, wheelbarrows of distilled vodka
Get me real bonkers like Will Ferrell on cat tranquilizer
Rap guys get bank and think they messiahs, but they liars
Vote fo who now? You're red, white and blue?
I'm American too, but I ain't with the president's crew
What you peddlin' and who you peddlin' to?
You ain't got the ghetto with you
Try'na lead my sheep to the slaughterhouse
Talkin 'bout +Rap the Vote+, you ain't thought about
The black vote mean nathan, who you gonna elect
Satan or Satan? In the hood nothin is changin, uh
We ain't got no choices who to choose
Ten-years ago they were tryin to stop our voices
And end Hip-Hop, they some hypocrites
Condoleeza Rice - I don't really get this chick
Tell her if she ever really cared about poor schools
About poor children, then she gotta prove that she
ain't just another coon Uncle Tom fool
Like these MC's, gotta give 'em the rules
Lie to the youth, Uncle Tom you confused
Might as well give the Hip-Hop community a noose
Need a truce with the gangs and some food for the hungry
On Kerry nuts, he look at you like a monkey
You MC's on that old slavery path
The Bushs'll look at yo' ass and laugh
See, it's all about community, let's help ourselves
Cops brutalize us get dealt with with shells
It's our turn, it's 'bout time we win
Need somebody as the hood as my councilman, uh
Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit
Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit
Cause that's the American way)
Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit
Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way
Up in the steam room chillin', exfoliating the skin
It's rarely men conversatin' on ends, probably businessmen
I sense good taste, and they watch us, the spots an expensive place
Manhattan New York, I'm try'na keep steamin'
It's good for the lungs, had plans for the evening
This man leans in, his boys laughing
Now I'm the spokesperson for Black men, this always happens
Says, "Since all Black women care about is who got dough
And all we do is call them either bitch or a Black hoe"
I say first brotha you ain't gotta be that cold
Since you ignorant, I'ma show you how the facts go
The biggest example in scandal of history
Were Monica Lewinksy or Donald Trump's pimping spree
Most woman who love Jeevanji of Gucci
Are pretentious non-Black groupies or floozies
But who are we to blame, not the dames
It's a man-made game, in essence our woman the same
Beautiful creatures, Black girls birthed the earth
So they deserve to earn man's purse
Matter fact, I'm about to go shopping with my dime
Catch you cowards the next time, the next rhyme, uh
Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit
That's the American way)
Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit
Cause that's the American way. What up, K?)
Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit
That's the American way)
Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit
Ha, yeah)
I don't care about the runaways
I don't care about who's gay
I don't care about dying of AIDS
But I care if I got paid
Who even cares about the president?
I think they're making a mistake
I don't care about the hurricane
As long as my family's safe
I don't care about the candidates
They burnt this country to bits
Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way (
Can we make a change
You know it's not overnight
Let's start the fight (Nas: And ya don't stop, uh)
Can we make a change
You know it's not overnight
Let's start the fight (Nas: Yeah)