{"id":100104,"date":"2020-10-29T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-nas-inspired-jalen-rose-to-embrace-his-flaws\/"},"modified":"2020-10-29T07:00:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T04:00:27","slug":"how-nas-inspired-jalen-rose-to-embrace-his-flaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-nas-inspired-jalen-rose-to-embrace-his-flaws\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Nas inspired Jalen Rose to embrace his flaws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#How Nas inspired Jalen Rose to embrace his flaws<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/nas-jalen-rose-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                        This week, I am all about finding inspiration in imperfection. Specifically, chipped teeth. Both mine and my esteemed guest on \u201cRenaissance Man,\u201d Nas.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up poor, I never saw a dentist, and my teeth practiced <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> distancing long before COVID-19. To add to that, my two front teeth were both chipped and cracked, after falling on them during a backyard football <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>. If you look at any photos of me in college or even when I was drafted, you will see that I had some messed up teeth. When I got into the NBA, one of the first things I did was go to the dentist and fix my smile.<\/p>\n<p>When Nas burst onto the scene, I loved his music. I loved the way his lyrics were so pure and almost academic. He was a prodigy. He also famously had a chipped tooth.<\/p>\n<p>He embraced that flaw, and I thought that was so dope. A physical defect like that is something that you either succumb to or overcome. I always felt like he was a kindred spirit.<\/p>\n<p>In the mid-\u201990s, I got to meet the r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er at the Century Club in Los Angeles, and it was a time when we were both arriving into this world. I don\u2019t remember who took the photo of us, but I ended up with it. This was before camera phones when people couldn\u2019t snap pics so easily, but I wanted to take it because a month or so earlier, I hung out there with Tupac Shakur. He was gunned down not long after. It was a sobering reminder that life is fleeting.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"wpcom-iframe-8336f7e71be9c55f84390567e9c9fc74\" width=\"640\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/8336f7e71be9c55f84390567e9c9fc74\" scrolling=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"wpcom-protected-iframe\"><br \/>\n    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nas and I became homeys that night, and a friendship has continued into our 40s.<\/p>\n<p>I was honored he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/podcasts\/jalen-rose-renaissance-man\/\">dropped by the \u201cRenaissance Man\u201d podcast because he doesn\u2019t really do much media. He\u2019s been able to remain a giant in his industry, and also maintain a level of mystique. He doesn\u2019t give everything about himself away, but he dropped some gems on the pod about his earliest influences, including Kool Moe Dee and the Fat Boys, and growing up in the Queensbridge Houses in Queens with nothing but family love and a vivid imagination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were a fun family. We had it all,\u201d he told me. He embraced his humble beginnings, eating the welfare cheese, even though his family wasn\u2019t on welfare, because it tasted the best and having a black-and-white TV with the out-of-control antenna, where you had to change the channel with pliers.<\/p>\n<p>Before rap entered his life, he used to have a folder full of his business ideas and creative projects he wanted to work on, like comic books and board games. He said his mother wanted him to see life outside of his neighborhood. And his father, touring musician Olu Dara, helped provide him with a window to that world. He told him tales about getting wild with his band and locked up in Europe, emphasizing that he did not, in fact, want to get locked up in Europe. He also dished out some sage advice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a weed smoker at one point when I got into music. [My dad] said never take it with you because wherever you are going \u2014 they can have it there for you already. I took those rules when I started making music. You never forget where you come from,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Now of course, that \u201cthug dressed like a gentleman\u201d is also an entrepreneur who owns a few restaurants including Sweet Chick, which has a few locations around the city. But he\u2019s still making music. In August, he dropped his 13th album, \u201cKing\u2019s Disease,\u201d which he dedicated to the \u201ckings\u201d and \u201cqueens\u201d taking care of their responsibilities and business. One of my favorite tracks on the album, \u201cUltra Black,\u201d is an anthem about having pride in yourself no matter where you come from or what color you are. Poignant words in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s full of so much wisdom, I had to include him in the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy.<\/p>\n<p>When we initially opened our doors, I put a soundtrack of uplifting songs to play in the halls when kids switched classes, and Nas\u2019 \u201cI Know I Can\u201d was always on rotation. He continues to be inspiration to me.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the reason I did the half-moon caesar in my hairline is to honor Raekwon and Nas, who both used to rock it back in the day. My barber and I were paying homage to the legends.<\/p>\n<p><em>Detroit native Jalen Rose is a member of the University of Michigan\u2019s iconoclastic Fab Five, who shook up the college hoops world in the early \u201990s. He played 13 seasons in the NBA, before transitioning into a media personality. Rose is currently an analyst for \u201cNBA Countdown\u201d and \u201cGet Up,\u201d and co-host of \u201cJalen &amp; Jacoby.\u201d He executive produced \u201cThe Fab Five\u201d for ESPN\u2019s \u201c30 for 30\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, is the author of the best-selling book, \u201cGot To Give the People What They Want,\u201d a fashion tastemaker, and co-founded the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, a public charter school in his hometown.<\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/29\/how-nas-inspired-jalen-rose-to-embrace-his-flaws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#How Nas inspired Jalen Rose to embrace his flaws&#8221; This week, I am all about finding inspiration in imperfection. Specifically, chipped teeth. Both mine and my esteemed guest on \u201cRenaissance Man,\u201d Nas. Growing up poor, I never saw a dentist, and my teeth practiced social distancing long before COVID-19. 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