“Simple Things” is the seventh and final track from Nas' eleventh studio album, NASIR. The track title was revealed by Kanye West in a Twitter post on June 12, 2018—though, at the time, it was listed as track five: On June 11, 2018, Kanye published a tweet showing urbandictonary.com’s definition of the “Seven Deadly Sins.” It has been theorized that each song from the album correlates to one of these sins, with “Simple Things” corresponding to “Envy.” Nas notes how jealousy is often disguised as criticism of his personal life, possibly alluding to recent claims by his ex-wife t… read more
“Simple Things” is the seventh and final track from Nas' eleventh studio album, NASIR. The track title was revealed by Kanye West in a Twitter p… read more
“Simple Things” is the seventh and final track from Nas' eleventh studio album, NASIR. The track title was revealed by Kanye West in a Twitter post on June 12, 2018—though, at the t… read more
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas (formerly Nasty Nas and Escobar), born September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is a prominent American MC. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was raised in the infamous Queensbridge housing projects in Queensbridge, New York. According to the Nasty Songfacts, as a teenager rapper, Nasir first went by the nickname Kid Wave before adopting his more commonly known alias of Nasty Nas. By the time he released his landmark solo debut album Illmatic in 1994, Jones was known as Nas. Illmatic was a critically acclaime… read more
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas (formerly Nasty Nas and Escobar), born September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is a prominent American MC. The son of j… read more
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas (formerly Nasty Nas and Escobar), born September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is a prominent American MC. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was raised in the in… read more
