Nas Learns About His Ancestors on PBS' "Finding Your Roots"

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Nas appeared on the PBS show "Finding Your Roots", which helps celebrities learn more about their ancestry. The rapper is taken through five generations, and most poignantly, shown a bill of sale for a slave—his great great great grandmother, Pocahontas. "A receipt for a human being," he says. "This is painful, now. To see that—that hurts." 

When he learns more about man who bought Pocahontas for $830, he offhandedly tells host Henry Louis Gates Jr. that he's considering buying the land where he lived. Watch the episode below.

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