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Nas Brings Boxes and "Sly Fox" To Colbert
Stereogum — 187,000 albums later, Nas has elbowed Lil Wayne and Coldplay out of the way for the top spot on the album charts this week. 620,127 signed petitions later, Nas has elbowed Stephen Colbert and Keith Olbermann out of the way for some room at the Bill O'Reilly Haters Ball. Yesterday Nas stacked all those petitions in boxes, taped their total number to each box's side, and delivered a prepared statement outside Fox News HQ in NYC, protesting what he believes is racially biased coverage of Barack Obama. (RS.com lists some of Nas's cited examples: an onscreen graphic referring to Michelle Obama as "baby mama," referring to ...

Nas Protests Fox News Over Racist Coverage
Gothamist — Photographs of Nas and other protesters outside the Fox News studios from Wireimage Hip-hop star Nas, along with other protesters, were at the Fox News Channel yesterday, delivering over 620,000 petition signatures charing the cable network offered racist coverage. Nas said, "Fox poisons the country with racist propaganda and tries to call it news," pointing at how Fox personalities called Michelle Obama a "baby mama," and added, "But the Obamas aren't the only targets. Fox's pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people." And he ...

THE MEDIA ERUPTS: Nas on ‘The Colbert Report’
No Fact Zone — Reggin, please! There are all kinds of stories about Nas and his appearance on The Colbert Report last night. Here’s a collection of some of the articles featuring the interview. Stereogum: 187,000 albums later, Nas has elbowed Lil Wayne and Coldplay out of the way for the top spot on the album charts this week. 620,127 signed petitions later, Nas has elbowed Stephen Colbert and Keith Olbermann out of the way for some room at the Bill O’Reilly Haters Ball. College on the Record: Nas also made an appearance on The Colbert Report to discuss the ...