Photographer Danny Hastings covered Nas's face in clay to create the King Tut sarcophagus concept for the 'I Am...' album cover. The clay got caught in the rapper's nose and he nearly suffocated to death during the shoot. He survived, but the shoot became a literal life-or-death moment for one of hip-hop's most iconic visuals.
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