NAS with special guests Talib Kweli and Jay Electronica

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Venue: Canopy Club

Address: 708 S. Goodwin Ave. , Urbana

Cost: $35 in advance. Tickets go on sale Saturday, July 19th at 10a.m. Advance tickets available at the Canopy, Family Pride Convenient Store, Bacca Cigar, Exile on Main St., by phone 1-800-514-ETIX or print your tickets at home on www.jaytv.com.

Entry Age: 18

posted 3:42 pm Jul 14
modified 12:03 am Aug 30

**Special Early Show at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.**

Born Nasir Jones, son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas dropped out of school in the eighth grade, trading classrooms for the streets of the rough Queensbridge projects, long fabled as the former stomping ground of Marley Marl and his Juice Crew as immortalized in "The Bridge." Despite dropping out of school, Nas developed a high degree of literacy that would later characterize his rhymes. At the same time, though, he delved into street culture and flirted with danger, such experiences similarly characterizing his rhymes. His synthesis of well-crafted rhetoric and street-glamorous imagery blossomed in 1991 when he connected with Main Source and laid down a fiery verse on "Live at the Barbecue" that earned him up-and-coming notice among the East Coast rap scene.

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