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Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones [11] was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on September 14, 1973, to African American parents. [12] [13] His father, Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III), is a jazz and blues musician from Mississippi. His mother, Fannie Ann (née Little; 1941–2002) was a U.S. Postal Service worker from North Carolina.
Olu Dara was born Charles Jones III on January 12, 1941, in Natchez, Mississippi. [1] [2] His mother, Ella Mae Jones, was born in Canton, Mississippi. His father, Charlie R Jones, born in Natchez, [2] was a traveling musician, and sang with The Melodiers, a vocal quartet with a guitarist. [3] As a child, Dara took piano and clarinet lessons.
The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas dropped out of school during ninth grade and began his music career in 1991 with a guest performance on the song "Live at the Barbeque" by Main Source. In 1992, Nas featured on the MC Serch posse cut, “Back to the Grill”, alongside Chubb Rock and Red Hot Lover Tone, and later contributed the track ...
Magic 3 is the seventeenth studio album by American rapper Nas.It was released by Mass Appeal Records on September 14, 2023, the rapper's fiftieth birthday. The album serves as a third installment to Nas' Magic series, following up Magic 2.
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones – performer (tracks: 3, 18) Patrick Viala – mixing (track 8), recording (tracks: 3, 9–11) Percy Bady – additional keyboards (track 5) Raymond Scott – performer & producer (track 16) Rich Keller – mixing & recording (tracks: 6, 12) Rick Behrens – assistant recording (track 5)
"Bridging the Gap" is a single from Nas' Street's Disciple, and features his father, Olu Dara. The second single from Street's Disciple, it samples music from Muddy Waters' "Mannish Boy" composition. Olu Dara provides the hook of the song by talking about his path and how Nas was born.
King's Disease is the twelfth studio album by American rapper Nas.It was released on August 21, 2020, through Mass Appeal Records and marketed by Universal Music Group.It succeeds his eleventh album, Nasir, released two years prior.
"I Can" is a single by American rapper Nas from his sixth album, God's Son. It was released internationally February 11, 2003. Unlike the rest of the album, this does not have the Parental Advisory (or Explicit and other labeling on digital stores) label on the song, as it is aimed at children.