Digital Social Hour
Digital Nas: ‘I Wish I Never Became Famous.’ The Dark Side of Success | DSH #1694
20 Dec 2025
Chapter 1: Why is Digital Nas retiring from music?
You making a lot of music lately in the studio a lot?
Chapter 2: What happened during the sucker punch incident at ComplexCon?
I just dropped the album today. Nice. What's it called? Suffering From Success.
Chapter 3: How does fame affect mental health and lifestyle?
What was the inspiration for that?
Chapter 4: What are the hidden costs of success in the music industry?
You feel like success brings a lot of negativity?
Chapter 5: How can musicians protect themselves from exploitative managers?
Envy.
Chapter 6: What does 'suffering from success' mean for artists?
It's like envious.
Yeah.
Chapter 7: Why does Digital Nas prefer working behind the scenes as a bassist?
Did you expect that when you, like before you were successful, that would come? No.
Chapter 8: What lessons can be learned from Digital Nas's experiences in the industry?
Came out of nowhere? Looking back now, do you feel like it was worth it? No.
I wish I would have stayed in school and like finished law school. I don't want to make music no more. For real? That's why I'm dropping these three albums and I'm going to retire.
Damn. That's pretty nuts, right?
I'm about to be a bassist of a band, play the background, because I don't like fans.
You don't like the spotlight anymore? Did you ever like it?
No. That's why I was a producer.
All right, guys, we're at Complex Con here with Digital Nas. What's new with you, man? Bro, I just got fucking sucker punched.
What? I followed a police report. I thought I got stabbed. I got punched twice at my boot. The dude ran off. My security tried to fight him. He didn't want to fight. My day is all right. It's going all right.
Holy shit. So he came from behind? Wow. That's pretty nuts at an event like this. You think they wouldn't do it here with all these cameras and everything, you know? Yeah, nah, I filed a police report.
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