✅ Nas was born September 14, 1973 and he’s more relevant now than ever ✅ Nas is the most important rapper right now because he’s one of the only emcees who keeps it 100 across generations. Old heads grew up on Illmatic, It Was Written, Stillmatic—those albums laid the blueprint. Younger fans hear “Ultra Black,” “King’s Disease,” and “Magic” and get the same respect. He’s not stuck in nostalgia, but he also never disrespected where he came from. That balance—real storytelling street wisdom evolut