Nas released Stillmatic in 2001, with two singles that once again made the top ten spots of the Billboard rap chart, " Got Ur Self A." and " One Mic". While Nastradamus signaled a decrease in critical reception and sold only half as many units, it still featured two charting singles (" You Owe Me" and the title track), and was eventually certified platinum by the RIAA. I Am reached double platinum status like its preceding album It Was Written and spawned two singles that reached the top ten spots of the Hot Rap Singles chart, " Hate Me Now" and " Nas Is Like". It Was Written was later certified triple platinum. With a more mainstream-oriented sound, Nas's second album It Was Written was released in 1996 and included the Lauryn Hill collaboration " If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" and " Street Dreams", the latter of which reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 1 on the Hot Rap Singles chart. Including Nas's solo debut track "Halftime", Illmatic was certified double platinum in the US, spawned several singles including " It Ain't Hard to Tell" and " The World Is Yours", earning considerable critical acclaim. Soon after, Nas signed to Columbia Records, where he released his debut album Illmatic in 1994. In 1992, Nas featured on the MC Serch posse cut, “Back to the Grill”, alongside Chubb Rock and Red Hot Lover Tone, and later contributed the track, "Halftime" to the soundtrack to the film Zebrahead. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas dropped out of school during ninth grade and began his music career in 1991 with a guest performance on the song "Live at the Barbeque" by Main Source. Nas has sold over 20 million records in the United States alone, and 35 million albums worldwide. The discography of Nas, an American rapper, consists of seventeen studio albums, one collaborative album, one group album, five compilations, four mixtapes, one extended play, and seventy-nine singles (including twelve collaboration singles and thirty-three as a featured artist). Nas performing at Primavera Sound in May 2019
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