Source
Mass Appeal Records: Nas artist biography
Mass Appeal Records
- Source type
- officialSite
- Accessed
- 2026-11-04
- Citation
- Person-level artist-role evidence only; not evidence of a particular Ye recording contribution, sampled recording relationship, release date, or current contractual affiliation.
Claims linked to this source
1 archive claims. A linked source is not blanket verification. Archive summaries and source excerpts are distinguished below, with qualifications retained.
Field: roles
Archive summary: Mass Appeal Records' dedicated artist biography explicitly identifies Nas as a rapper and MC, narrowly supporting the existing artist role. This supports the archive's existing person-level artist role only, not any track-specific performance, sampled recording relationship, production contribution, or release date.
Source excerpt:
As a teenager rapper, Nasir first went by the nickname Kid Wave before adopting his more commonly known alias of Nasty Nas.
Source location: Queens, NY biography, first paragraph, third sentence; the first sentence identifies Nasir as Nas