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Nas has tied the knot with R & B diva Kelis, and now devotes more time to his daughter, Destiny, while maintaining a relatively low profile. Perhaps the most notable sign of change and maturity was his new alliance with former nemesis Jay-Z. Nas is currently signed to Jay-Z's Def Jam Records, where he dropped the fiercely titled Hip-Hop Is Dead on December 19, 2006.
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Nas has formed his own record label, Nas and Ill Will Records. He has ... launched a clothing line--Esco. In 2001 he co-starred with Steven Segal in the action film, Ticker. Although he has branched out into business and film, Nas remained devoted to music. "Music is in my blood," he told the New York Times. "I could have chosen to do a lot of other things.
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Jay-Z ... responded to Nas on Jay-Z's 2002 album, The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse on the track named "Blueprint 2." On that track, Jay-Z says that no matter what happened in the battle, he's never been phony and that Nas is hypocritical for recording songs like 'Black Girl Lost" and then turning around and taking advantage of those same lost black girls on tracks like 'You Owe Me'. Jay-Z also claims that he single handedly revitalized Nas career by dissing him in the first place.
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