Nas urges daughter to strive for Black excellence in heartfelt Hennessy ad - Rolling Out

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Nas urges daughter to strive for Black excellence in heartfelt Hennessy ad - Rolling Out

ROLLING OUT - Nas just released his latest commercial for Hennessy and paid homage to his 26-year-old daughter Destiny in the process. The ad finds the It Was Written lyricist penning a note to his oldest child and telling her to remember her purpose in life while paying homage to “Black Wall Street.” “Dear Destiny, standing still scared to death, holding you in my hands, I knew. I wanted you to see something I never saw; feel something our family had never grasped: Black excellence,” he recites.

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