Hip Hop Star Nas Calls Himself 'Cryptocurrency Scarface,' Mentions Coinbase Investment in New Video
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Hip Hop Star Nas Calls Himself 'Cryptocurrency Scarface,' Mentions Coinbase Investment in New Video

THELOGICALINDIAN - Hip hop fable and recording artisan Nasir Jones accepted by his date name Nas afresh appear a new video with almanac ambassador DJ Khaled and rapper JayZ The songwriter mentioned actuality a cryptocurrency Scarface and additionally mentioned the San Francisco aggregation Coinbase in his beat Nas was an aboriginal Coinbase broker aback in 2024 and it is estimated that Nas raked in over 100 actor from his advance with the company

Nas Dubs Himself the ‘Cryptocurrency Scarface’

Nas is a actual able-bodied accepted hip-hop recording artisan and back 1994 he’s appear twelve flat albums that accept been certified platinum and multi-platinum in the U.S. Nas has additionally been advised one of the greatest rappers of all-time, up there with Eminem, Jay-Z, Andre 3000, Lil Wayne, the Notorious B.I.G., and Tupac. In accession to actuality a songwriter, Nas is additionally an administrator and he’s invested in abundant projects over the years.

One advantageous advance Nas has fabricated was with the San Francisco aggregation Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN), a crypto close that was aloof listed publicly. Nas didn’t advance in Coinbase directly, as his advance was fabricated via his portfolio aggregation Queensbridge Venture Partners. Queensbridge appear it was an broker in Coinbase aback in 2024, back it helped accession $25 actor in a Series B allotment round. Coinbase was admired at $100 to $200 actor in 2024, and back again the aggregation has aggregate an astronomic bulk of value.

Back in 2014, Nas told above Coindesk anchorman Pete Rizzo “[Bitcoin] will advance into an industry as big, if not bigger, than the Internet.” At the time he additionally appear that Queensbridge Venture Partners had invested in Coinbase. Now that Coinbase has been listed on Nasdaq and is currently trading for $297 per share, aboriginal Coinbase investors like Nas and NBA brilliant Kevin Durant accept fabricated a lot of money. Analysts anticipate Queensbridge Venture Partners could accept aggregate about $50 actor to alike $150 actor back COIN shares came out the gate.

‘Long Crypto Forever’

Following COIN’s admission on Nasdaq and the shares trading amid bazaar participants, Nas mentioned his Coinbase advance in his latest video with Jay-Z and DJ Khaled. The song is alleged “Sorry, Not Sorry” and the song additionally appearance James Fauntleroy and Harmonies. The agreeable agreeable Nas provides mentions action on cryptocurrency rather than a bread toss.

The crypto acknowledgment in the “Sorry, Not Sorry” video says:

Fellow New York rapper Curtis Jackson, accepted by his date name “50 Cent,” additionally congratulated Nas and the Brooklyn Nets brilliant amateur Kevin Durant for acceptable big with their Coinbase investments. “I adulation to see my bodies win,” 50 Cent said about the Coinbase advance in mid-April.

On April 15, Nas’s official Twitter annual wrote:

Nas is not the alone hip-hop mogul who brand cryptocurrencies and alike 50 Cent himself awash his anthology for bitcoin years ago. However, 50 Cent claims he awash his crypto assets afterwards the rapper filed bankruptcy. Other crypto-focused hip hop artists accommodate Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli, DJ Khaled, Murda Beatz, Logic, Kanye West, and Pitbull.

What do you anticipate about the new video Nas appear with Jay-Z and DJ Khaled that mentions cryptocurrency and Coinbase in the lyrics? Let us apperceive what you anticipate about this accountable in the comments area below.

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