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    Olu Dara Jones (born Charles Jones III; January 12, 1941) is an American cornetist, guitarist, and singer. He is the father of rapper Nas.

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    Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones [11] was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on September 14, 1973, to African American parents. [12] [13] His father, Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III), is a jazz and blues musician from Mississippi.

  3. Aug 6, 2021 · Rapper Nas' dad used to be known as Charles Jones. However, after tracing his roots to Nigeria in 1964, he changed his name to Olu Dara which means God is Good.

  4. With music in his blood courtesy of famed blues musician father Olu Dara, the self-taught trumpeter attracted crowds with his playing at age 4, wrote his first verse at age 7 and, with...

  5. Dec 5, 2004 · Nas nods. As a rapper whose ornately gritty rhymes are not just listened to but debated, he’s a consummate MC. But as the wide-eyed, 31-year-old son of Olu Dara, he’s still a pupil.

  6. Aug 17, 2021 · Nas was born Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. His father, Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III), is a jazz and blues musician from Natchez, Mississippi. His mother, Fannie Ann Jones, was a Postal Service worker from North Carolina.

  7. Aug 1, 2020 · When the veteran rapper with the still boyish face was born with the name Nasir Jones on September 14, 1973, his parents Olu Dara, a jazz and blues player and mother Fannie Ann, a U.S. Postal Service worker, gave birth to him in Brooklyn, New York (relocating later to Queens, New York), they could have along imagines how startling a dream Nas ...

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