In the years after the initial release of I Am… 24 years ago, Nas decided to put out some of the album’s scrapped songs onto future full-length efforts of his such as Nastradamus, released in ...

Released by Columbia Records, Nas’ third album, I Am, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart.The album sold 470,000 copies in its first week and went on to be certified double platinum in the ...

The Autobiography was originally conceived as a two-CD set, a double dose of Nas for 1999. “I feel like you could waste songs with a double-album,” says Nas. Instead, disc two is scheduled for ...

In February 1999, just before the mp3 era reached its peak, 13 tracks from Nas’ forthcoming double LP I Am....The Autobiography leaked onto the internet. With the core of the album in the wild ...

Nas has always maintained a literary slant to his albums and once used his reputation as a ... His 1999 album 'I Am ... ' was something of an autobiography on wax that took different eras in Nas ...

Nas to Pen Autobiography With Journalist Tour ... The autobiography, which is named after a song from his 1994 debut 'Illmatic,' and scheduled for a fall 2012 release, ...

Nas’ two other sets to take the summit were 1999’s “I Am… The Autobiography” and 1996’s “It Was Written. ...

1999: On April 6, 1999, Queens-bred MC Nasir Jones, known simply as Nas, added another notch to his belt in the form of his third studio album, I Am... Every Best Rap Album Winner at the Grammy ...

Nas scores his third No. 1 on The Billboard 200 this week with his eighth studio set, ... Nas' two other sets to take the summit were 1999's "I Am... The Autobiography" and 1996's "It Was Written." ...

Last week Pedestrian spoke to the irrefutable hip hop genius Nas who is heading our way for the 2011 Good Vibrations Festival. We chatted about politics, ex-wives, growing up in the projects ...

Nas is writing his autobiography and is expected to tacks his infamous feud with Jay-Z. The rapper is working on the book, entitled It Ain't Hard to Tell, with music journalist Touré.