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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="208" height="115" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.png@01CDD3BA.C7FAC290" alt="http://www.officialpsds.com/images/thumbs/Nas-Logo-psd10146.png"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Nominated for 4 GRAMMYs Including
<i>Best Rap Album</i> for <i>Life Is Good<o:p></o:p></i></span></u></b></p>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="286" height="191" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CDD3BA.C7FAC290" align="left" hspace="12" alt="Matt Salacuse - Nas Lounge LR" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt">It
was announced last night that <b>Nas</b> has received <b>four</b> <b>GRAMMY </b>
nominations in conjunction with the release of his best selling new album, <b><i>Life Is Good.
</i></b>The artist was recognized in the categories of <b>Best Rap Performance </b>
and <b>Best Rap Song </b>for his hit single <b>“Daughters,” Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
</b>for <b>“Cherry Wine” ft. Amy Winehouse</b> and <b>Best Rap Album </b>for <b><i>Life Is Good</i>,
</b>which debuted at <b><u>#1</u></b> on the <b><i><u>Billboard </u></i><u>Top 200</u></b>, marking the sixth
<b><u>#1</u></b> album that the artist has produced in his career. <b><i>Life Is Good
</i></b>was also just named one of <b><i>Rolling Stone’s 2012 ‘Albums of the Year.’
</i></b>These recognitions from the GRAMMYs mark the rap icon’s <b>13<sup>th</sup>
</b>career nominations overall. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Nas’
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">new album
<b><i>Life Is Good</i></b> has received rave reviews from critics and fans alike:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">“A simulacrum of the sound that made him legendary, capturing Nas in his vintage prime without coming off as anachronistic.
<b>Life Is Good</b> would probably have been among the best hip-hop albums of 1993 and, as it happens, is likely to be one of the best hip-hop albums of 2012</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.” -<b><i>The New York
Times</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">“The Queens rap godfather spits vicious rhymes over a rugged, island flavored beat.”-<b> Rolling Stone<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">“<i>On
<b>Life Is Good</b>, the rapper known for his sharp wit and biting social commentary taps into one of his most honest and compelling subject matters yet: himself.” -<b>The Los Angeles Times</b></i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">“In an act of tribute,
<b>Life Is Good</b> offers an auditory retrospective of hip-hop history”<b> -NPR</b></span></i><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A hip-hop icon since the early 1990s, <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Nas</span></strong> emerged from the Queensbridge neighborhood of Long Island
City, a hotbed of rap artist since the ’80s. The son of jazz trumpeter <b>Olu Dara</b>, Nas has since gone on to sell over 20 million albums worldwide over the span of his legendary career, and has acted as an ambassador for hip-hop culture throughout the
globe. The first full-length album by the poet and rhyme-master Nas arrived in 1994, the RIAA platinum
<b><i>Illmatic</i></b>. Since then he has released 9 solo albums and 3 compilation albums all of which have been certified either double-platinum, platinum and gold.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">For more information, please go to
<a href="http://www.nasirjones.com">www.nasirjones.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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