Name: Nasrallah Yusuf Helewa. I was "Nas" before Nas was Nas.

What you play in Rookie Card:

Role in band: First Base. I catch all the fouls so YOU don't have to.

Born: In Michigan, Nineteen and Seventy-four. I coulda been Eminem. Damnit.

Lived: Michigan, Maryland, Lakeside and Santee (which really is it's own state. Of mind.)

What's up with that picture? Goo.

Favorite musics: Slint, Midnight Oil, Coldplay, U2, Toad, Johnny Cash, Van Morrison, Yoko Kanno, Tortoise, Centromatic,Our Lady Peace, Wilco, Weezer, what else...?

A few favorite tunes:Toad the Wet Sprocket: Inside. Slint: Washer. Afghan Whigs: What Jail is Like. Seatbelts:TANK! Simon and Garfunkel: The Boxer.

Favorite drummers: Bruce Hindel, Noah Wilson, Bobby Shaddox. I'm kinda partial to Jeremy Taggart, John Bonham and Max Weinberg (A drummer where he belongs. In charge!) too.

Other bands you've been in: Kiln, Old Man Apple, Chris Clark/2 Buckinghams, Shill Glen (sort of, but it was good) Revelation and The Blind Boxers.

First concert: Huey Lewis and the News at the Starlight Bowl on a Sunday afternoon. My dad got free tickets, and he dropped my brother and I off. We were the youngest guys there by, like, fifteen years. Incidentally, "Sports" by the News was the first cassette I owned for my prized Walkman. The heart of rock 'n' roll is still beatin'.

Websites I'm a part of: Edwindecker.com. I won the guest writer contest for his Sordid Tales column in SLAMM magazine.("I'm the Cable Guy!") I then got to write a review in SLAMM for the band Big Mike. Pretty fun. Also, Google my name. It's all me. Kinda ridiculous.

Favorite links: Blind Boxers, Insert Credit, Paypal (send me money.)

Favorite cookie card and why: "R" is for "Rookie. That's good enough for me.

Adam Kevin Dylan