Nas is a person who raps.
Distant Relatives is a collaborative studio album by American rapper Nas and Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley , released May 18 , 2010 , on Universal Republic and Def Jam Recordings . It Was Written is the second studio album by American rapper Nas , released July 2 , 1996 on Columbia Records in the United States . Nas . His eleventh studio album , Life Is Good ( 2012 ) was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards . 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 . In 2016 , Nas began narrating The Get Down and rapping as Adult Ezekiel of 1996 .