Nas is expressing his support for bitcoin, a digital universal currency, by giving it away to fans who get the highest score in the Nas Rap Test. Allhiphop reports that the rapper announced the contest via Facebook yesterday (December 22).
The bitcoin, courtesy of Coinbase, will be divided among the top 100 scores in the music quiz at the end of the week.
Rap Test offers nine quizzes each featuring a different rapper. Participants listen to a segment of a song by the chosen rapper and try to select the correct song from a list before time runs out. As the levels get higher, the time gets shorter and the songs become more obscure.
Nas spoke with Coindesk in August and said that bitcoin will become its own era larger than the Internet. He also said he has been collecting the currency but has yet to make a purchase with it.
This is not the first time bitcoin has been in Hip Hop news. 50 Cent reportedly accepted bitcoin for Animal Ambition. Kanye West won a lawsuit against digital currency makers who named their product Coinye West.
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I’m gonna ace this since I recently read ‘Nas Lost: A Tribute to the Lil Homie”
You lost as soon as you typed that username.
Nah bro I won as soon as that smooth refreshing Vamp Berry Soda touched my lips and quenched my thirst. So satisfying. Coming to a store near to soon!
How did Nas Nukka? At being the greatest rapper of our time!
thats like 300 dollars. and thats gonna be divided by the top 100?
lol that would mean like 3 dollars each.
that’s chump change
Fuck you, Nasswipe. Nigga should take a reading taste– like reading a book out loud– and prove he’s not illiterate. As for the prize, give ’em goddamn MONEY you cheapskate turd. Kelis was right!
you mean reading TEST, right?
learn to type better and you’re golden, otherwise 100.
Nas is an illiterate fucking clown.
Bitcoin fits the definition of what economically constitutes money. To it’s credit, it is currently far more stable than the Russian ruble and the Venezuelan bolivar.
Dumb Nukka calling someone else dumb when you can’t even type nor spell! Nukka please! You wish you were Nas! Dude is the King of Rap! Respect homie for his skills and trying to help people. Nukka, you are not helping anybody! Broke fool!
says the bum to spelt nigga wrong, what the heck is a nukka?
I think Nas is correct about crytocurrency, although it may not be Bitcoin in the future, crytocurrency is the future. When I say it may not be Bitcoin, I mean that Bitcoin may end up being what ‘Napster’ was for digital music or what ‘AIM’ and ‘MySpace’ was for social media, an innovative pioneer that ends up being left in the dust by more innovative businesses and business models who provide a superior consumer experience (e.g. Pandora/iTunes relative to digital music, Facebook/Twitter relative social media). A very informative in-depth interview you can find on youtube about Bitcoin and crytocurrency, search for: “Bitcoin vs. The Federal Reserve – Andreas Antonopoulos and Stefan Molyneux”
All you Nukkas disrespecting Nas on here ask yourself a question! Go ahead! What are you Nukkas doing to help people? Just as I thought, not a damn thing! You guys are bunch of Broke ass fools that can only afford a milkshake! Get off nas’s D homies!
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