Way to go Nas!

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Rapper Nas Delivers Fox News Petition, Says Network Is Scared

Rolling Stone reports on the Color Of Change/MoveOn petition that rapper Nas brought to the offices of Fox News today:

About four hours after the announcement that his controversial, politically charged ninth album was number one in the country, Nas was on a small podium in front of Fox News headquarters in New York City protesting what he sees as racist attacks against Black Americans and presidential candidate Barack Obama. In a brief prepared statement, the multi-platinum rapper pointed out examples of what he and ColorOfChange see as a long racist smear campaign against the Obama family: The onscreen graphic that referred to Michelle Obama as the Senator's "baby mama"; Bill O'Reilly casually using the phrase "lynching party" to refer to attacks on the Senator's wife; referencing to the couple's infamous fist thump as a "terrorist fist jab." Said Nas, "Fox poisons this country every time they air racist propaganda and try to call it news. This should outrage every American that Fox uses hateful language to talk about the person that may be the first black president."


The rapper stood next to 19 neatly stacked cardboard boxes, with the number 620,127 taped to the side of each one -- over 600,000 signatures gathered by ColorOfChange demanding that network president Roger Ailes "find a solution to address racial stereotyping and hate-mongering before it hits the airwaves." Fox rejected the petitions, but Brave New Films says that Comedy Central's The Colbert Report will accept them instead.




I'm liking Nas more and more everyday! This is his song "Sly Fox"...do watch!

GO STEPHEN!!!!!

has there been any response from Fox?

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IrresistibleB1tch said:

has there been any response from Fox?

this is great but doesn't he know that michelle obama is the one who started the whole 'baby's mama' thing?

XxAxX said:

this is great but doesn't he know that michelle obama is the one who started the whole 'baby's mama' thing?

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

XxAxX said:

this is great but doesn't he know that michelle obama is the one who started the whole 'baby's mama' thing?

No, she didn't! What Mrs. Obama said was, "My babies daddy..."

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

has there been any response from Fox?

You just have to see it, to disbelieve it!

http://www.huffingtonpost...14635.html

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IrresistibleB1tch said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

You just have to see it, to disbelieve it!

http://www.huffingtonpost...14635.html

oh yeah - he got Worst Person for that one, i do believe...

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

oh yeah - he got Worst Person for that one, i do believe...

The way he's racking up those WPITW points, shouldn't he be the worst person of the Millennium by now?

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I don't buy any of this shit from Nas. As far as I'm concerned, he's just trying to sell records and make himself more widely known.

Although, I must say that I hate Fox news, but I feel that Nas is just looking for publicity and fueling the racial fire - just like Fox news does.
[Edited 7/24/08 7:59am]

Empress said:

Stymie said:

Mars23 said:

Stymie said:

Mars23 said:

No way! Buy the new NAS album "Ni**er" and help end racism!

It's funny how he says marches are no longer necessary and yet he he is marching to Faux.

I do not want that jackass speaking for me.

paisleypark4 said:

Stymie said:

It's funny how he says marches are no longer necessary and yet he he is marching to Faux.

I do not want that jackass speaking for me.

somebody got to fuckin do it.

Mars23 said:

Stymie said:

Nas - NIGGER - The Slave And The Master


[Chorus:] They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R
We - are - much more, Still we choose to ignore, The obvious.
Man this history don't acknowledge us, We was scholars long before colleges.
They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more,
But still we choose to ignore, The obvious. We are the slave and the master,
What you looking for? You the question and the answer.

[Verse 1:]
We trust no black leaders, Use the stove to heat us,
Powder eggs and government cheeses,
The calendar was Martin, JFK, & Jesus,
Gotta be fresh Go to school with fly sneakers.
Schools with outdated books, We are the forgotten,
Summers coolin' off by the fire hydrant. Yeah I'm from the ghetto,
Where old black women talk about they sugar level, It's not unusual,
To see photos of dead homies' funerals,
Aluminum foil on t.v. antennas Little TV sit on top the big TV eatin TV dinners,
Girls die they hair with kool-aid, They gave us lemons we made lemonade,
But this nigga's paid, Ancestry of slaves,
Descendant of Kings It's necessary I, Bling,
Puts rings on every thing Where Timbs on every scene.

[Chorus] They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more,
Still we choose to ignore, The obvious. Man this history don't acknowledge us,
We was scholars long before colleges.
They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more,
But still we choose to ignore, The obvious. We are the slave and the master,
What you looking for? You the question and the answer




[Verse 2:]
Do I mean it like a slave master? NIGGER!
No! I'm gangsta Gotta eat rappers!
My abbreviation Was young when I caught the cases,
That should mean the court could see my changes Take off the bracelets,
Savage when broke, Smoke sour diesel Need no Bo-flex
My chest still cut-up like a bag of dope, Thought patterns consist of boss
matters, Spit Moses' "Lost Commandments"
Like a gross sandwich out my mouth.
Toast to government cameras Peepin us every week I must have my cars
homes & phones Squeaked for bugs, But this is what I was dreamin of,
Between cutting hard coke with new razors Slicing my fingers up,
They use to string us up, We wanted everything,
But the one bringing us cake be the snakes Like the...
Like the New Jack City wedding scene No time for mistakes trying to get it
like [? ]

[Chorus] They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more,
Still we choose to ignore, The obvious. Man this history don't acknowledge us,
We was scholars long before colleges.
They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more,
But still we choose to ignore, The obvious.
We are the slave and the master, What you looking for?
You the question and the answer


[Verse 3:]
My nig... Whattup my nig?
People afraid of criticism But I always put myself in a sacrificial position! They been know I ain't just rappin for fame,
I got my old homie [? ]the father asking for change! Yep!
I'd give this cash up This paper don't matter They seen me from skinny to
fatter When I rap about war, They got the tendency to scatter,
They ain't my backup no more, So now my enemies are at my front door,
Cause any time we mention Our condition, our history or existence,
They calling it reverse racism, Still till today the street's torn,
My brother Jungle always have a seat for 'em Not behind me -
beside me You'll always know where to find me,
They say the close ones will hurt you, So let's keep a small circle,
On the road to riches,
and diamond rings In the land of the blind The man with one eye is the king.

[Chorus] They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more,
Still we choose to ignore, The obvious.
Man this history don't acknowledge us,
We was scholars long before colleges.
They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more,
But still we choose to ignore, The obvious. We are the slave and the master,
What you looking for? You the question and the answer
[Edited 7/24/08 11:00am]
[Edited 7/24/08 11:09am]

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Yeah, that Nas! I guess you overlooked the lyrics to the song on his shirt, right above your post. ^

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Stymie said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Yeah, that Nas! I guess you overlooked the lyrics to the song on his shirt, right above your post. ^

that makes me feel much better about him using the N word.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Stymie said:

that makes me feel much better about him using the N word.

It doesn't matter to me one way or the other, I'm just pointing out the context in which it was used as opposed to what Hiin was trying to imply.

Stymie said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

No, she didn't! What Mrs. Obama said was, "My babies daddy..."

No different to me. It was a play on the whole baby daddy thing and unfortunately when you are in the spotlight, you have to watch everything you say.

As far as Nas is concerned: