Queens Wolf
2019 · Mass Appeal · Brooklyn, New York
- Artist
- Nas
- Title
- Queens Wolf
- Release
- The Lost Tapes 2
- Year
- 2019
- Label
- Mass Appeal
- Format
- Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · East Coast Hip Hop · Conscious Hip Hop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
Influential and popular East Coast Hip Hop / Conscious Hip Hop artist, with his highly-rated debut album Illmatic considered a 90s classic. Born Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones on 14 September 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Released two songs referencing the Vietnam conflict: "Doo Rags" (2002) and "Queens Wolf" (2019).The song "Queens Wolf" (Mass Appeal) looked at growing up in Queens, New York, and contained a reference to Vietnam in the violence metaphor context: "I lit the corners up, it sounded, like Vietnam screamin'... them dudes is scared you gon' spray 'em".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Influential and popular East Coast Hip Hop / Conscious Hip Hop artist, with his highly-rated debut album Illmatic considered a 90s classic. Born Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones on 14 September 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Released two songs referencing the Vietnam conflict: "Doo Rags" (2002) and "Queens Wolf" (2019).