Nas released his debut single ‘Halftime’ 32 years ago

On this date in 1992, ‘Nasty’ Nas dropped his first single for an otherwise unknown movie soundtrack.

Even Nasir Jones himself didn’t know how big his career would be when the single ‘Halftime’ was released on October 13, 1992. Ilmatic album and the film under the radar on the silver screen Zebra headHalftime was the smash single that put Nasty Nas in the position to be considered by none other than The Source Magazine as the ‘Second Coming’ of lyrical pioneer Rakim, who gave Nasty the coveted Five Mic rating for the groundbreaking album.

Produced by Large Professor, which made its way onto Nas’ album via the LP’s other incomparable single, ‘It Ain’t Hard To Tell’, this song was the catalyst that launched the Illmatic project and Nas’ illustrious career .