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A representative for Def Jam has confirmed to EW.com that hip-hop artist Nas has made an eleventh-hour decision to change the title of his new album from N—– to simply Nas. The Queens rapper sparked a heated debate last fall when he announced the provocative title for his upcoming ninth record, but last October, Island Def Jam Music Group chair Antonio “L.A.” Reid publicly denied widespread reports that label execs were uncomfortable with his decision. “We stand firmly behind and beside our artists with pride and with pleasure,” Reid told MTV News at the time. “Anything Nas wants to do, I completely stand beside him.”
But in an interview with MTV News last week, Nas suggested that he was facing renewed pressure:
“Everybody is trying to stop the title…. Record stores are gonna have a problem in this day and time selling a record with that title. Who knows what’s gonna turn out and be on that title? Who knows what that title will be?”
The politically-charged Nas is due in stores July 1. For more of Nas’ thoughts on his new music, check EW’s summer music preview coverage in print on Friday. (Continue Reading…)
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UPDATE: Nas is keeping controversial title
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I knew it wasnt going to happen. Nas never gave a good reason as to why he wanted to name this album that title. I hated the fact that he tried to drag down dick gregory with him for gregory’s autobiography titled N*****. That is one hell of a read you guys should pick that one up next time you go to barnes and noble.
I knew it was gonna happen too. It was only a matter of time. Nas should have stuck to his guns.