Comments on: Video: Nas @ Fox News Protest

By: Epiphany

Epiphany — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:43:55 +0000

That’s right, Nas. Call those snakes out on that racist bull they call news. They will bleed from the eyes when Barack Obama is elected.

By: Prince

Prince — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:59:32 +0000

yo im real proud of nas like black people always talk bout this shit and kno he doin summin bout it and he made it avaible to the masses wit his cd which i think is a classic… stop hating on him 2 like he doin summin 4 black people support it

By: e-dubbs

e-dubbs — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:52:01 +0000

nas wins again

By: ccluskin

ccluskin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:35:49 +0000

yo nation that demagogue was some ill shit. Interesting discussion of the album itself, and the larger issue of these rappers promoting themselves as social captains of african americans.

I’ve always advanced the argument that MCs fulfill a social role like that of mythographic storytellers (e.g. homer; vergil; aesop; mark twain; blues musicians; 2pac) who seek cultural expression through poetry, but the breadth of that role is limited. son at straight bangin, through his discussion of nas’s failure to be a “social captain” really encapsulates the limit which restricts a MC as Storyteller paradigm

By: nation

nation — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:16:25 +0000

either way, sly fox >>

^ he performed it last night… not stellar. lol @ him not remembering his words on stage / having to read them off a paper on that video

By: pockets

pockets — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:09:25 +0000

but doesnt google own youtube…not news corp

either way, sly fox >>

By: Culture Shock!

Culture Shock! — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:07:02 +0000

Or maybe Nas genuinely dislikes the tactics of Fox News and decided to take a stand for his beliefs? Nas never asked for anyone to film him doing this. He’s taking actions for what he believes in, which is a lot more than a bunch of other artists/black “leaders”/niggas on Nah ever do.

By: nation

nation — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:06:41 +0000

^ http://straightbangin.blogspot.com/2008/07/nas-is-demagogue.html

By: Paperstacker

Paperstacker — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:06:41 +0000

Promotional stunt or not what does it matter. Fox news is ass, might as well call them out and benefit from the publicity from it as opposed to generating publicity off corny shit like beef/arrests/dissing other rappers. It’s like killing to birds with one stone.

By: embark

embark — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:01:00 +0000

Niggaz gonna find a reason to hate cuz he aint sipping lean or rhyming bout whores sucking him off.
I applaud the brotha for walking the walk.

By: lurker

lurker — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:47:33 +0000

I didnt hear nothin about him promoting his album…anybody hear him say his album was in stores? didnt think so

By: yaboy

yaboy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:45:56 +0000

this is really big of an artist to do something like this…

By: PW

PW — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:43:58 +0000

Nas has an album to sell. haha.

It’s still better for it to happen now than for it to have never happened at all. Nas should get Immortal Technique on board.

By: hoodPolitics

hoodPolitics — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:43:21 +0000

i hate Fox News. But that was a promotional stunt Nas.

By: hoodPolitics

hoodPolitics — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:38:22 +0000

the last joint was hot. but tell me Young Chris ain’t sound exactly like Hov on that joint… i couldve swore i was listening to ROC BOYS, lol