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Line 226: On June 15, 1994, Nas's ex-fiancée, Carmen Bryant, gave birth to their daughter, Destiny.<ref>{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Imani|date=December 11, 2006|title=Kiss and Tell: Carmen Bryan|work=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]|url=http://www.essence.com/news_entertainment/entertainment/articles/kissandtellcarmenbryan|access-date=December 12, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113171435/http://www.essence.com/news_entertainment/entertainment/articles/kissandtellcarmenbryan|archive-date=January 13, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="MTV">{{cite web|last=Reid |first=Shaheem |title=Nas's ex Spills The Beans, T.I. Beats The Bootleggers |work=MTV |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/mixtape_monday/012306/ |access-date=December 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911024358/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/mixtape_monday/012306/ |archive-date=September 11, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mooney|first=Paula|date=December 21, 2006|title=Carmen Bryan says Jay-Z and Nas Started the Public Diss-Fest|work=California Chronicle|url=http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/18262|access-date=December 12, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911144619/http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/18262|archive-date=September 11, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In January 2005, Nas married [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Kelis]] in [[Atlanta]] after a two-year relationship.<ref>{{cite web|last=Keller|first=Julie|date=January 10, 2005|title=Nas, Kelis Married |work=[[E!]]|url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b48990_nas_kelis_married.html|access-date=December 11, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=January 11, 2005|title=Nas, Kelis tie the knot in Atlanta|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-01-11-nas-kelis-wed_x.htm|access-date=December 11, 2008}}</ref> On April 30, 2009, a spokesperson confirmed that Kelis filed for divorce, citing [[irreconcilable differences]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2009/04/nas_and_kelis_divorce_confirmed/|title=Vibe Exclusive: Nas and Kelis' Divorce Confirmed|last=Murphy|first=Keith|date=April 30, 2009|work=Vibe|publisher=Vibe Media Group|access-date=May 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502091529/http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2009/04/nas_and_kelis_divorce_confirmed/|archive-date=May 2, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1610426/20090430/nas.jhtml|title=Kelis Files For Divorce From Nas|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=April 30, 2009|work=[[MTV News]]|access-date=May 3, 2009}}</ref> Kelis gave birth to Nas's first son on July 21, 2009 Nas In an October 2014 episode of [[PBS]]'s ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', Nas learned about five generations of his ancestry. His great-great-great-grandmother, Pocahontas Little, was an enslaved woman who was sold for $830. When host [[Henry Louis Gates]] showed Nas her bill of sale and told him more about the man who bought her, Nas remarked that he is considering buying the land where the slave owner lived. Nas was also shown the marriage certificate of his great-great-great-grandmother, Pocahontas, and great-great-great-grandfather, Calvin.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |date=October 29, 2014 |title=Nas Learns About His Ancestors on PBS's "Finding Your Roots" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/57247-nas-learns-about-his-ancestors-on-pbs-finding-your-roots/ |access-date=October 29, 2014 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=October 28, 2014 |title=Nas Researches His Ancestry And Finds The Man Who Enslaved His Family |website=Vibe.com |url=http://www.vibe.com/2014/10/nas-finding-your-roots |access-date=March 7, 2015}}</ref> |