Editing Nas (section)

== Legal issues ==
In September 2009 the U.S. [[Internal Revenue Service]] filed a federal [[tax lien]] against Nas for over $2.5&nbsp;million, seeking unpaid taxes dating back to 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2009/10/19/nas-kelis-federal-tax-lien/ |title=Federal Tax Lien Against Nas |date=October 19, 2009 |website=Tmz.com}}</ref> By early 2011 this figure had ballooned to over $6.4&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nas-owes-the-irs-nearly-6-5-million-20110126 |title=Nas Owes the IRS Nearly $6.5 Million |date=January 26, 2011 |first=Matthew |last=Perpetua|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> Early in 2012 reports emerged that the [[Internal Revenue Service|IRS]] had filed papers in Georgia to [[garnishment|garnish]] a portion of Nas's earnings from material published under [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] and [[ASCAP]], until his delinquent tax bill is settled.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bet.com/article/3lcm8a/irs-to-garnish-nas-s-wages |title=IRS to Garnish Nas's Wages |date=March 26, 2012 |website=Bet.com}}</ref>

In January 2012, Nas was involved in a dispute with a concert promoter in [[Angola]], having accepted $300,000 for a concert in [[Luanda]], Angola's capital for New Year's Eve and then not showing up. American promoter Patrick Allocco and his son, who arranged for Nas's concert, were detained at gunpoint and taken to an Angolan jail by the local promoter who fronted the $300,000 for the concert. Only after the U.S. Embassy intervened were the promoter and his son allowed to leave jail—but were placed under house arrest at their hotel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/after_rapper_nas_is_no-show_at.html |title=After rapper Nas is no-show at Angolan concert, N.J. father and son are detained in country |date=January 9, 2012 |first=Jessica|last=Calefati}}</ref> By the end of the month Nas had returned all $300,000, and, after 49 days of travel ban, Allocco and his son were both released.<ref>[http://www.thisis50.com/profiles/blogs/concert-promoter-patrick-allocco-his-son-finally-free-after-being Concert Promoter Patrick Allocco & His Son Finally Free After Being Held In Angola For 49 Days Following No Show By Nas For Concert] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920025711/http://www.thisis50.com/profiles/blogs/concert-promoter-patrick-allocco-his-son-finally-free-after-being |date=September 20, 2016 }}. ThisIs50.com (February 18, 2012). Retrieved December 19, 2012.</ref>