What is Nas?
:''NAS can also be a shorthand for [[Network-attached storage]].'' {{Infobox person | name = Nas | image = Nas (52380600682) (cropped).jpg | caption = Nas at [[Jiffy Lube Live]] in 2022 | birth_name = Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|9|14}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S.<!--No boroughs, just city per format--> | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = {{flatlist| * Classic * God's Son * Nas Escobar * Nasty Nas * Scarlett }} | occupation = {{flatlist| * Rapper * songwriter * record producer * actor * entrepreneur * record executive }} | works = {{hlist|[[Nas discography|Discography]]|[[#Filmography|filmography]]|[[Nas discography#Production discography|production]]}} | years_active = 1989–present | spouses = {{marriage|[[Kelis]]|2005|2010|reason=divorced}} | children = 2 | father = [[Olu Dara]] | relatives = [[Yara Shahidi]] (cousin) | awards = [[#Awards and nominations|Full list]] | module = {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | embed = yes | origin = | genre = {{flatlist| * [[East Coast hip hop]] * [[boom bap]] * [[jazz rap]] * [[conscious hip hop|conscious rap]] * [[hardcore hip hop]] * [[mafioso rap]] * [[alternative hip hop]] * [[gangsta rap]] }} | background = solo_singer<!-- mandatory format: please do not change or remove --> | label = {{flatlist| * [[Mass Appeal Records|Mass Appeal]] * [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]] * [[Ill Will Records|Ill Will]] * [[Ruffhouse Records|Ruffhouse]] * [[Sony Urban Music|Sony Urban]] * [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] * [[The Orchard (company)|The Orchard]] }} | past_member_of = [[The Firm (hip hop group)|The Firm]] }} | website = {{URL|www.nasirjones.com}} }} '''Nasir Jones''' (born September 14, 1973), better known as '''Nas''', is an American rapper, songw