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He is being ignorant alright.
EVERYBODY BOYCOTT all things NAS. He is a clown and should be treated as such.
His shirt is dripping in the blood of our ancestors who hung on trees and got blasted with water hoses to fight so we would have a better life. How dare he? And dare folks for accepting that and defending it. WE DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT to decide what that word means. Those who have given their life’s for our ungrateful butts or had to endure having this shouted in their face as they integrated schools for us should have the say on that. How dare we disrespect their work and memory to be arrogant enough to “recreate” the word.
NAS is so washed up and sad. He is disrespectful and he spitting in the face of your grandparents and great grandparents. Not on my watch. It’s not a fashion statement or a way to promote your wack cd it’s a word that has the blood of those before us.
How about wearing an Emmett Till shirt? A Rosewood Shirt?
If he walked past me with that mess on I would boo in his face.
What in the world is Kelies wearing … gezzz she has feel off. What happened to Milkshake! Wow She must not have a stylist anymore… She should call me ASAP she needs HASO (Help A Sista Out). FASHION TRAGEDY
It’s even more direspectful during Black history month
When I saw this mess last night I just cringed. Great point Kirah – I hadn’t even thought about the Black History month connection that makes it all the more disrespectful. He has just turned into a clown I used to have so much respect for him as an MC now he has reduced himself to a glorified minstrel show parading around with that mess on his shirt and KELIS WTF – - that word emblazoned in gold studs on the back of a jacket? WTF is this some kind of fashion statement? Disgusting.
He’s stooping to all time lows to sell a record. Stop pimping yourself Britney-Spears. That’s some straight teeny-pop crap.
I disagree with what everybody is saying. I understand what he’s trying to say and his message but I think he could have communicated it a little better so that people will understand. I think everybody is just so afraid of the word because of it’s past meaning. Especially now after it’s been so called “burried” which I think was a total crock~
How can we critize, we are all hypocrites, because we have all used the word. We throw it around loosly, We just have not chosen to exploit it in mainstream media like Nas. I can understand if he is trying to put a different meaning on the word, but just as others has stated, the word has already been defined and bringing a new awareness to it won’t change anything.
There is no reason to trip about Nas’ perspective…None Whatsoever!! (Coming from a 21 year old BLACK male). Has anyone read Dick Gregory’s Autobiography? I suggest you do so. It’s interesting how certain people bring up our Ancestor’s; As if there is Nothing in your day-to-day living that you do and the one’s who died for us are not looking at you (Rolling Over in their Tombstones)…WE KNOOWWWWWW What we’ve been through…And that’s what Nas is trying to get you to understand (I think).A word was passed down to us; yes it’s Problematic; Yes we DIED from it…But we flipped it…And that’s the MAIN Issue…We as (Universal) People don’t like to flip Shit. There are white Folks who need to understand their Ancestry…Some of them are upset and twisted because of what those who came before them did….Other’s are okay with it….Same with us: We’re upset as hell, and some of us are okay…AND THAT’s where we must all do the inner search. TO UNLEARN! Now we bug when Imus and nooses are hung on Campuses. Maybe the reason is they see us TRIPPIN’ again…and are waiting for us to slip…BUT WE WILL NOT! The T-shirt represents something Incredible. Now when an oppressor sees the Brotha with it on walking pass, he may think twice about his OWN character. We’re all ignorant about something in life. So that’s where knowledge comes in…Who is really out for knowledge for the essence and nourishment of it? Most are out for it to prove something to those who’ve stepped on them, oppressed them. The question is: How many are willing to admit that? Feel free to e-mail me anyone about it to converse more: otherlove23619@gmail.com
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Gregory’s book is amazing and understood with why he named his autobiography with the slur. I mean i dont use that word because I have respect for my ancestors, but you learn with every page turn that gregory was in the trenches and helped fight injustice ever since he was a young poverty stricken child. Nas has not given us good reason as to why he want to name the album Nigger…he has had tv interviews, mag interviews, etc and we still do not know his reasoning. and kelis dumb ass should be alil bit more smarter because she could get dropped from her label over shit like this because after all she isnt that big of a star
@ sasha- maybe YOU use that word lightly, and maybe YOU are the hypocrite because i have never used that word in every day life nor do i allow friends or acquaintances use that word casually in my presence. i am fully aware of the meaning of the word in it’s past and PRESENT tense because we are still being referred to as “niggers” by people who see us as subhuman, people who want to actively disenfranchise us, and people who believe the confederacy should’ve won the civil war. i’m reminded that some people think i’m just a “nigger” when i’m being followed in a store, driving in a certain neighborhood, or when people are shocked that i’m articulate. nobody is going to use that word to identify or define me OR anybody i associate with, white OR black, without a fight. please don’t assume that every black person uses that word with the same careless flippancy that you may have encountered.
as for nas, i expected more from him and thought he was better than this. this is going to come back and bite him in the ass the same way it richard pryor who regretted bringing the word back to the american lexicon as something less hateful and evil then it really is. who does he think watches mtv anyway? white kids who barely encounter black people in real life and form their opinion of an entire race from the media. does he think they’re going to have an incentive to truly understand the meaning of whatever his message is? chances are they just going to use this whole stunt as a license to continuously bandy that word about with each other and to and towards black people. he’s taking away from the true vitriolic sting and nefarious potency of the word, and i hope it haunts him. someone needs show him a picture of a lynching and remind him that was the last word a lynching victim usually heard. if he wanted to educate somebody on the real meaning of the word he would’ve worn a t-shirt of emmett till in his coffin after his murderers got through with him. and kelis needs to be slapped for wearing that word emblazoned in gold. i’m digusted with these two.
@ otherwise- what in the fucking doublespeak are you talking about? you can’t compare nas’ self-aggrandizing sensationalism with dick gregory, a man who was actively trying to combat institutionalized racism when that word meant exactly what it meant. there weren’t any shades of meaning about it: nigger meant intimidation, subjugation, sanctioned disenfranchisement, and possible death. nigger meant boy, nigger meant unabated rape and sexual abuse, nigger meant looking down if a white person was talking to you. if you read the book, he was called that word when he and family’s lives were being threatened with bombs and lynchings for his efforts. despite the intimidation implied every time he was called that word he kept going. naming the book “nigger” was acknowledging the ugly meaning of that word and defiantly stating that it did not define him. he was not a “nigger”. he was not trying to flip or manipulate the word into something other than its hateful meaning and trying to identify with his new made-up definition of the word. the idea that we can take this word and turn it into something positive when it’s clearly not, is hurting the black community and is an unnecessary point of derision when we have so many other pressing issues to be concerned concerned with. we need to just let this “changing the meaning of the word” bullshit go, when the word with it’s “original” meaning is still being used to demean us. you can try to cosign with nas all you want, as though he’s doing the world some great favor and trying to educate and enlighten, but he named his album “nigger” for his own self-interests and doesn’t care about the aftermath and effect on the black community. he has no cogent reason for the name of his album other than publicity.
I’ll put this bluntly. This whole thing is hot garbage. Nas is an Uncle Tom, his last album wasn’t that good and his father’s music isn’t as good as he thinks either.
This is a shame in all respects and aspects so you mean to tell me that after all the civil rights movements and fights against inhumanity Nas dumbass wants to walk around town with the words nigger on his shirt while white folks sit in the background and pull his puppet strings laughing their asses off. Smh, money is sweet but not sweet enough to demean you and your people. Shame on Nas. It’s still not clear why he wants to name his album that..and we all know it’s because he’s fumbling around looking for a reason.. there’s no reason expect attention and money.