Prepare To Unleash Your Inner Rap Nerd, Here’s 100 Jay-Z & Nas Facts You Never Knew Posted by Danielle Harling on 12/04/12 | Filed under Nas, Jay-Z

Random Jay-Z and Nas factoids are something every Hip-Hop fan should be fully equipped with and you can find plenty of 'em thanks to Complex's "50 Things You Didn't Know About Nas/Jay-Z" lists. And they've included everything from the hilarious to the I-really-can't-believe-I-didn't-know-that. Here's a small sampling of the facts you can impress your Hip-Hop-loving friends with and to view the full Jay-Z and Nas lists head on over to the Complex site.

Nas Factoids

He was offered and declined an audition for the lead in "Save The Last Dance." (My God! That would have been tragic!)

His daughter Destiny is listed as an Executive Producer on "Stillmatic" so she can always receive royalty checks from the album. (All you rapper dads out there better take note. Is Jay-Z hip to this yet?)

He got rid of his Lexus because he wanted to get a better car than Jay-Z's. (And here we have the perfect segue for Jay-Z's list of facts.)

Jay-Z Factoids

"Reasonable Doubt" was originally titled "Heir to the Throne". (I guess Hov's always had a thing for thrones.)

He spoke to Biggie over the phone on the night he was killed. (I can personally list this one under "I-really-can't-believe-I-didn't-know-that.")

He falsely told "Annie" composer Charles Strouse that he won an essay-writing contest and saw "Annie" on Broadway as a child in order to clear the sample for "Hard Knock Life." (Sample Clearance 101: A Little Flattery Goes A Long Way)

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