Soon Nas ignited enough hype and signed to Columbia Records, where he released his debut album Illmatic in 1994. In 1992, Nas featured on the MC Serch posse cut, “Back to the Grill”, alongside Chubb Rock and Red Hot Lover Tone, and later contributed the track, 'Halftime' to the soundtrack to the film, Zebrahead. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas dropped out of school during ninth grade and began his music career in 1991 with a guest performance on the song 'Live at the Barbeque' by Main Source. The discography of Nas, an American rapper, consists of fifteen studio albums, one collaborative album, one group album, five compilations, four mixtapes, one extended play, and seventy-nine singles (including twelve collaboration singles and thirty-three as a featured artist). Nas performing at Primavera Sound in May 2019
