Record Label Denies Rap Star Nas' Claim of Forthcoming Album Called 'Nigga'

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  Why exactly was this claim so shocking?

  http://www.amazon.com/Nigga-Please-Ol-Dirty-Bastard/dp/B00000K3GK

  http://www.amazon.com/Nigga-What-Who-Jay-Z/dp/B00000JLEY/

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Nas Won’t Be Dropping, “Nigga,” In December
Published 10/17/2007 by RealTalkNY at RealTalkNY Brought To You By Nigel D.
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Video: Fox News on Nas’s Album Title
Published 10/17/2007 by eskay at Nah Right
... Related: According to the Fox News website, a “source close to LA Reid” scoffed at the idea of Def Jam allowing him to drop an album titled ‘Nigga.’ I haven’t been able to get anybody over there to definitively say yes or no, that will or will not be the album title, which probably means: no, it won’t be, but they’ll take the free publicity. ...

Def Jam Claims Nas Has No Album on the Release Schedule
Published 10/17/2007 by marv at Bossip.com
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Rap Sheet: Pioneers Ride With Nelly
Published 10/17/2007 by bucky at Complex
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Communication Breakdown: Def Jam Claims No Knowledge Of Album With N-Word Title Or This "Nas" Person
Published 10/17/2007 by Jess Harvell at Idolator
... Record Label Denies Rap Star Nas' Claim of Forthcoming Album Called 'Nigga' [Fox News] ...

Def Jam Denies Everything Nas Says About New LP, Cat Power Reveals “Jukebox” Tracklist, My Chemical Romance Finish Live DVD
Published 10/17/2007 by Daniel Kreps at Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
... , Def Jam denies Nas has a new album called Nigga coming out in December. In fact, the label denies Nas has a new album coming out at all. “There is no album release by Nas on the release schedule at this point,” Def Jam chairman L.A. Reid explains. ...

Def Jam Denies Nas' N-Word Album Title
Published 10/18/2007 by Tracey Ford at PopEater Music Blog
... that his forthcoming album will be entitled 'Nigga' during a performance last week at New York's Roseland Ballroom. Unfortunately for Nas, his record label, Def Jam, not only denies the title of the project, but sources close to the label have stated that the rapper is not scheduled to release an album in December. The emcee, who uses the N-word rather loosely, has already received criticism for his recent disclosure. The NAACP and Rev. Jesse Jackson have already weighed in on the news. "The title using the N-word is morally offensive and socially distasteful," Jackson said in a statement to Fox News. "Nas has the right to degrade and denigrate in the name of free spech, but there is no honor it."

Sorry Nas, You’re Not Calling That Album ‘Nigga’
Published 10/19/2007 by Gerard McGarry at Unreality Music
... Onstage this week, the rapper Nas claimed that his next album will be called Nigga. From a marketing point of view, making such a controversial claim is bound to draw attention. Shame his record company didn’t agree, isn’t it? ...

Afrobella, Interviewed
Published 10/23/2007 by bella at afrobella
... — I come in towards the end of the exchange. I was super nervous and very excited, can you tell?? I wish circumstances allowed me to be on for the entire roundtable, I had a LOT to contribute to the earlier discussion of Nas’ alleged album title, which his record label denies. Perhaps there will be another time. Fingers crossed. Much thanks and respect to ...