Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (September 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Nas, is an American rapper and businessman. Rooted in East Coast hip hop, he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Jones's musical career began in 1989 as he adopted the moniker of "Nasty Nas" and recorded demos for Large Professor. He was a featured artist on Main Source's "Live at the Barbeque" (1991), also produced by Large Professor. Nas's debut album Illmatic (1994) received universal acclaim upon release, and is considered to be one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time; in 2021, the album was inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry. His second album It Was Written (1996) debuted atop the Billboard 200 and charted for four consecutive weeks; the album, along with its single "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" (featuring Lauryn Hill), catapulted Nas into international success. Both released in 1999, Nas's albums I Am and Nastradamus were criticized as inconsistent and too commercially oriented, and critics and fans feared that his output was declining in quality. From 2001 to 2005, Nas was involved in a highly publicized feud with Jay-Z, popularized by the diss track "Ether". It was this feud, along with Nas's albums Stillmatic (2001), God's Son (2002), and the double album Street's Disciple (2004), that helped restore his critical standing. After squashing the feud, Nas signed to Jay-Z's Def Jam Recordings in 2006 and went in a more provocative, politicized direction with the albums Hip Hop Is Dead (2006) and his untitled 9th studio album (2008). In 2010, Nas released Distant Relatives, a collaboration album with Damian Marley, donating all royalties to charities active in Africa. His 10th studio album, Life Is Good (2012), was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. After receiving thirteen nominations, his 12th studio album, King's Disease (2020), won him his first Grammy for Best Rap Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards; he then followed it by releasing his 13th studio album, King's Disease II (2021), as the album's sequel. In the same year, his 14th studio album, Magic, was released on Christmas Eve. In 2012, The Source ranked him second on their list of the "Top 50 Lyricists of All Time". In 2013, Nas was ranked 4th on MTV's "Hottest MCs in the Game" list. About.com ranked him first on their list of the "50 Greatest MCs of All Time" in 2014, and a year later, Nas was featured on the "10 Best Rappers of All Time" list by Billboard. He is also an entrepreneur through his own record label; he serves as associate publisher of Mass Appeal magazine and the co-founder of Mass Appeal Records. Nas has released fourteen studio albums since 1994, ten of which are certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum in the U.S. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 14, 1973 (53)
- Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Actor and producer, also composer, director and writer
- 20 on MovieCove · 32 credits in all
Known for
What are Nas' films like?
Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 14
Light 4 · Serious 6 · Dark 5
Grounded 11 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2
Gentle 4 · Charged 7 · Intense 4
Steady 9 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 7 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 4
Resolved 12 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Sincere in Belly (1998)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet8
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Nas' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Nas' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
32 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 47 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Ice Cream Man(2026)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Soul Patrol(2026)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Supreme Team(2022)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
The Park Bench (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Monster(2018)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Nas: Live from the Kennedy Center (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
I Am Bolt(2016)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
The Land(2016)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Shake the Dust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Black Nativity(2013)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Hawaii Five-0(2010)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
The Wendy Williams Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Tyson(2008)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all filmsShort Circuitz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Murda Muzik (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Uptown Girls(2003)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
John Q(2002)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Ticker(2001)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
In Too Deep(1999)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Belly(1998)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Men in Black(1997)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Chris Rock Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Fugees: Live at New Pop Festival 1996 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
All That(1994)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Space Dogg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 86th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 28 titles, 27 of them dated from 1994 to 2026; peak year 1998.
Biggest box office
Belly (1998)
Highest rated
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (2015)
Most popular right now
Ice Cream Man (2026)
Film career
Peak 1998 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1998Screen debut· Belly
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Nas' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up10
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Nas' work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Nas work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nas' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Peter Bittenbender shares the most, 4.
Actors
- Jennifer HudsonShared titles: Monster (2018), Black Nativity (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Jennifer Hudson
- Jay-ZShared titles: Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (2017), Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Jay-Z
- Busta RhymesShared titles: Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (2015), Nas: Time Is Illmatic (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Busta Rhymes
- Q-TipShared titles: Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (2015), Nas: Time Is Illmatic (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Q-Tip
Producers
- Peter BittenbenderShared titles: Ice Cream Man (2026), Soul Patrol (2026), Origins of Hip Hop (2022), Supreme Team (2022)See all 4 shared titles with Peter Bittenbender
- Brad AbramsonShared titles: Origins of Hip Hop (2022), Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Brad Abramson
- Brian TurnerShared titles: Origins of Hip Hop (2022), Supreme Team (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Turner
- Charles D. KingShared titles: Supreme Team (2022), The Land (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Charles D. King
