Illmatic XX is the 20th anniversary edition of the original album Illmatic, released on April 15, 2014 (4 days prior to the 20th anniversary of the original's release date). It includes a remastered version of Illmatic, an extra disc of demos, remixes, and unreleased records from that era of Nas' career. Read more on Last.fm.
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas (formerly Nasty Nas and Escobar), born September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is a prominent American MC. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was raised in the infamous Queensbridge housing projects in Queensbridge, New York. According to the Nasty Songfacts, as a teenager rapper, Nasir first went by the nickname Kid Wave before adopting his more commonly known alias of Nasty Nas. Read more on Last.fm
