He was the main person who represented Queens Bridge, the housing projects where he lived at the time

Before he became famous, his friends didn’t really care who was closer to him, but after his transition to becoming one of the best emcees of all time, his friends would argue about who was closer to him

His friends and family were surprised to see Nas driving around in a luxurious car

He was different than everyone else, in a good way, which made him the center of attraction. Sampled from “Take It In Blood”, Nas says:

Mega popular, center of attraction.

Illmatic was Nas' first LP and widely received as one of rap’s seminal works. Upon release, Columbia handed him $40,000 not to mention royalties and cash from shows he was getting.

He is warning future rappers not to get caught up in their fame, he doesn’t want them to lose their passion in creating good music like Nas temporarily did.

He has been thinking about how he made it in life, he was able to spend money on anything he wanted

He goes through three thousand dollars in high quality weed every week.