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My Life in Movies: The Rapper Nas on His Childhood Love of 'Popeye' and Current Love for Woody Allen

Nas: Time Is Illmatic, however, is the first high-profile rap doc to set its sights on the creation of a single album, in this case Nas’s seminal 1994 street poetry classic Illmatic. To celebrate release of the big screen Illmatic, the 41-year-old Nas (born Nasir Jones), who has also crossed over into acting with appearances in films like Belly and Black Nativity, told us about the movies that have affected and inspired him throughout the course of his life and career. The VHS tape you wore ou