A Book About Nas, Chapter 2: Big moments in the life of young Nas

Formative moments

At home there were all kinds of instruments laying around from African xylophones made of wood to African wood flutes to African-style maracas to guitars. There were lots of his father’s trumpets laying around, too. Pops encouraged him to experiment with all of the instruments, even his trumpets, so when young Nas got bored of his toys he'd play around …