Born Nasir Jones, the son of Dara and the late Ann Jones, Nas came of age in the Queensbridge Houses, home to a litany of luminaries including Marley Marl and the Juice Crew. With beats and verbiage built virtually into QB's concrete walls, Nas had already soaked up sonic and syllabic influences by the time he was old enough to put pen to paper. It was only a matter of time before he made his own attempts to move the crowd. AND NO IM NOT NAS HES JUST MY FAVORITE RAPPER AND A LYRICAL MASTERMIND