Steve Stoute Says Nas Never Disappointed Him

For those that don't really know who Steve Stoute is; he was a big time music exec (at Sony Music, and also Interscope) in the 90s and 2000s, and now is into marketing. He was responsible for signing 50 Cent to Sony in the 90s (before 50 was dropped from the label, and then signed by Dre and Eminem), and he was also Nas's manager most part of the 90s and 2000s. In a recent interview on Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club, Charlamagne Tha God asked him if Nas ever disappointed him by not being bigger than he could have been, and he answered with...








"You know what? I love that man. Twenty years we've been friends. And...we went through some really bad times...like all great relationships need to do. And ahh...he is what he is man! One of the greatest stories I had, I was at Quincy Jones house one night, and he had shown me the audition tape of...what's the film? The Color Purple...so anyhow, we talking, and he starts telling me about being in Saint-Tropez in like 1962. Like...and he is like, wait a minute. And then we bring up Nas, and he says 'wait a minute' and he goes and comes back with a picture of him, Miles (Davis), and Nas's Dad (Olu). Like Olu was getting down...That's Nas's father, you know on the Jazz scene, and was International in the 60s, so I know Nas is a real artist. So, I don't never get upset about him. Like him....you know, shying away from fame, or shying...cos he's the real deal. The real deal, they not driven by popularity, they're driven by their sense of art. And once you understand that about real artists, you never get upset with them because they just who they are mehn!" (The Breakfast Club)