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==Career==

As a teenager, Nas enlisted his best friend and upstairs neighbor Willie "Ill Will" Graham as his DJ. Nas initially went by the nickname '''"Kid Wave"''' before adopting his more commonly known alias of "Nasty Nas".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-dj-mega-skills-traf-29047066/episode/5-o-clock-traffic-jam-mix-29121958/|website=www.iheart.com|access-date=2019-04-09|title=Listen to the DJ Mega Skills Traffic Jam Episode – 5' O Clock Traffic Jam Mix Feat Nasty "NAS" on iHeartRadio}}</ref> In 1989, then-16-year-old Nas met up with producer [[Large Professor]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stopthebreaks.com/gems/nas-first-recording-session-large-professor/ |title=Hip-Hop Gem: Nas' First Recording Session Was With Large Professor |website=Stopthebreaks.com |date=November 4, 2013 |access-date=July 14, 2021 |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210092853/https://www.stopthebreaks.com/gems/nas-first-recording-session-large-professor/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and went to the studio where [[Rakim]] and [[Kool G Rap]] were recording their albums. When they were not in the recording studio, Nas would go into the booth and record his own material. However, none of it was ever released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realraptalk.com/f16/nas-fans-good-long-read-nas-biography-67275/ |title=Nas Fans- Good long read. Nas Biography |publisher=Real Rap Talk |date=September 14, 1973 |access-date=August 6, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bridging the Gap (Part 2) |url=http://www.theavemagazine.com/Gems/Nasolu02.htm |work=The Ave |year=2004 |access-date=August 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818020834/http://www.theavemagazine.com/Gems/Nasolu02.htm |archive-date=August 18, 2007 }}</ref>

===1991–1994: The beginnings and ''Illmatic''===