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Digital Nas: ‘I Wish I Never Became Famous.’ The Dark Side of Success | DSH #1694

20 Dec 2025

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Chapter 1: Why is Digital Nas retiring from music?

0.031 - 2.174 Sean Kelly

You making a lot of music lately in the studio a lot?

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Chapter 2: What happened during the sucker punch incident at ComplexCon?

2.194 - 5.038 Sean Kelly

I just dropped the album today. Nice. What's it called? Suffering From Success.

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Chapter 3: How does fame affect mental health and lifestyle?

5.178 - 6.42 Sean Kelly

What was the inspiration for that?

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Chapter 4: What are the hidden costs of success in the music industry?

6.5 - 9.404 Sean Kelly

You feel like success brings a lot of negativity?

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Chapter 5: How can musicians protect themselves from exploitative managers?

9.544 - 9.765 Sean Kelly

Envy.

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Chapter 6: What does 'suffering from success' mean for artists?

9.785 - 10.566 Digital Nas

It's like envious.

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10.746 - 11.006 Sean Kelly

Yeah.

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Chapter 7: Why does Digital Nas prefer working behind the scenes as a bassist?

11.247 - 14.692 Sean Kelly

Did you expect that when you, like before you were successful, that would come? No.

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Chapter 8: What lessons can be learned from Digital Nas's experiences in the industry?

14.812 - 18.197 Sean Kelly

Came out of nowhere? Looking back now, do you feel like it was worth it? No.

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18.277 - 25.907 Digital Nas

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.

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25.948 - 27.272 Sean Kelly

Damn. That's pretty nuts, right?

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27.292 - 30.263 Digital Nas

I'm about to be a bassist of a band, play the background, because I don't like fans.

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30.383 - 32.471 Sean Kelly

You don't like the spotlight anymore? Did you ever like it?

32.691 - 34.257 Digital Nas

No. That's why I was a producer.

39.367 - 45.714 Sean Kelly

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.

45.734 - 55.786 Digital Nas

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.

55.806 - 66.104 Sean Kelly

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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