The Inquisition: Nas | Spin Magazine Online

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You gotta give Nas points for trying. After a year in which he caught flak from Bill O'Reilly for participating in a benefit, saw his nemesis turned label boss Jay-Z leave Def Jam, and shot a failed reality show with his wife Kelis, the 34-year-old Nasir Jones lost his long, contentious struggle to name his ninth album Nigger , replacing the title at the last minute. Presiding over a listening ... [link]

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Nas Interview with SPIN
Published 6/20/2008 by eskay at Nah Right
... SPIN has a one-pager with the Little Homey in their July issue which is now online. He talks about how the decision to drop his album title came about, his Fox News song and his level of political activism. ...

SPIN Interview with Nas: Why he changed the album name.
Published 6/21/2008 at OH NO!!
... SPIN has a one-pager with the Little Homey in their July issue which is now online. He talks about how the decision to drop his album title (N***er) came about, his Fox News song and his level of political activism. ...

Spin Interviews Nas
Published 6/21/2008 by admin at The E-Biz
... lies behind it. I don’t want any respectable member of the black leadership to kidnap me and shoot me. A lot of people from that generation have achieved things and moved on, but I’m still on the grind, going through a lot of shit, and I express it. But a lot of our elders never want to deal with that. I understand, it’s hard. I called the record Nigger , with the “er,” to create a dialogue. You can’t just say, “Why are rappers using this word?” You gotta stick around to find out. TO  READ THE WHOLE STORY CLICK  HERE

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