Nas, born Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, has an estimated net worth of $200 million — a figure that reflects not only one of hip-hop’s most critically acclaimed recording careers but also a venture capital portfolio that has included early stakes in Coinbase, Dropbox, Lyft, and Ring. The Queens-born rapper, songwriter, actor, and investor is widely considered one of the greatest lyricists in the history of hip-hop.
Updated March 2026: According to Complex, a casino project backed by Nas in Queens, New York, received a significant approval milestone in December 2025. His album Feature Presentation, released in collaboration with Hit-Boy, was issued in March 2026. His QueensBridge Venture Partners fund has previously generated landmark returns, including on the Coinbase IPO, per Forbes.
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones was born on September 14, 1973, in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, and raised in the Queensbridge Houses public housing project in Long Island City, Queens — the largest public housing complex in North America. His father is jazz and blues musician Olu Dara. Nas dropped out of school in the eighth grade but was an avid reader and was heavily influenced by the street life and literary culture of Queensbridge. He began writing rhymes as a teenager, inspired by the Queensbridge hip-hop scene that included Marley Marl and MC Shan.
Nas debuted as a teenager on Main Source’s 1991 track “Live at the Barbeque.” His debut album, Illmatic (1994), is widely regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever recorded. Produced entirely by DJ Premier, Q-Tip, Pete Rock, Large Professor, and L.E.S., the album received a perfect five-mic rating from The Source magazine — one of a small number of albums to do so — and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.
Nas has released 14 studio albums, including It Was Written (1996), I Am… (1999), Stillmatic (2001), and the Grammy Award-winning King’s Disease (2021) — his first Grammy for Best Rap Album after multiple nominations. His long-running feud with Jay-Z, culminating in the diss tracks “Ether” and “Takeover” (2001), is considered one of hip-hop’s most consequential beef narratives. His collaborative work with producer Hit-Boy has generated four albums in the King’s Disease series, with Feature Presentation released in March 2026, per AllHipHop.
Nas was married to R&B singer Kelis from January 2005 until May 2010. They have a son, Knight Jones, born July 2009. Nas also has a daughter, Destiny Jones (born 1994), from a prior relationship. In 2022, Nas married model and entrepreneur Abby De La Rosa in a private ceremony in Las Vegas; the couple later separated. He has spoken in interviews about the importance of family and the Queensbridge community in shaping his worldview. He resides in Calabasas, California.
Rapper Nas has an estimated net worth of $200 million. While his music career is one of the most critically celebrated in hip-hop, the majority of his current wealth derives from venture capital investments through QueensBridge Venture Partners, which generated over $40 million from the Coinbase IPO alone and substantial returns from Ring, Dropbox, and Lyft, per Forbes.
Nas was born on September 14, 1973, in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in the Queensbridge Houses in Queens. He is 52 years old as of September 2025. He released his debut album Illmatic in 1994 at age 20.
Nas stands 5 feet 8 inches tall (1.73 meters), per measurements listed by Dimensions.com. He was born and raised in Queens, New York.
Nas has two children: his daughter Destiny Jones (born 1994), and his son Knight Jones (born July 27, 2009), whom he shares with his ex-wife, R&B singer Kelis. Both children have been mentioned in Nas’s music and public interviews.
Nas was married to R&B singer Kelis from January 2005 to May 2010. Their divorce was contentious and publicly documented. Nas later married model and entrepreneur Abby De La Rosa in 2022 in a Las Vegas ceremony; the couple subsequently separated. He has one son, Knight, with Kelis, and one daughter, Destiny, from a prior relationship.
Nas’s debut album Illmatic (1994) is widely considered his finest work and one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever made, earning a perfect five-mic rating from The Source magazine. His album King’s Disease (2021), produced by Hit-Boy, won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album — his first Grammy win after years of nominations, per the Recording Academy.