DJ Clark Kent Says Jay Z Was a Big Nas Fan From the Start

I have always known Jay Z was a big Nas fan from him sampling Nas twice, and even rapping about Nas on his early albums, but it is good to hear someone from the industry confirm it. In his recent interview on VLAD TV, legendary music producer, Clark Kent said he and Jay Z used to drive around listening to Nas's early songs even before Nas got a record deal.



In case you don't know who he is, let me say, Clark Kent is a music producer who started out as a DJ back in the early 90s. He produced a lot of songs for Jay Z, Biggie, and Puff Daddy around 94-97. He and Jay Z were close friends back in the early to mid 90s.

DJ Clark Kent Speaks on Knowing Jay Z Was Going to be one of The Greatest Rappers Ever

I used to always wonder who this guy was back when I would see his name at the back of Biggie's Life After Death album cover, and think, why is this guy called Clark Kent. Anyway, I later found out he was a DJ that went from DJing, to remixing people's songs, to making beats, to producing songs. He has produced songs for heavyweights like Jay Z, Mariah Carey, the late Notorious B.I.G, 50 Cent, and the list goes on.



In his recent interview with DJ VLad, he was speaking on his evolution from DJing to music production, and because of his constant collaboration with Jay Z earlier in Jay's career, he was asked by VLad when he knew Jay Z was going to be a great rapper.