Nas: Open Letter To Young Warriors

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October 04, 2009 CNN

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• violence

[NICOYA4U2NV]

up to NAS.

[Lorenzo312]

This is bullshit... Nas is right. Al Pacino spawns more violence, drugs, and gang violence than anything Nas could ever say. Check out his Colbert interview to hear someone who is not a media puppet interview Nas. I can definitely picture Don Lemon bumpin Nas on his way home from work.

[slickstar15]

Doesn't this news reporter remind you of Tom Duboi lol

[jesterjmac]

nigga PLEASE.

[lostcompass]

Chamillionaire's "Ultimate Victory" is curse-free ...

[Lorenzo312]

Do you even listen to Nas? He's about the only popular Hiphop artist that consistently promotes positive messages. Listened to Godson? The untitled album? lost tapes? He's even doing an album with damien marley with all profit donated to aids research and starving people in africa. In street disciple he stressed the importance of being a good father. And he clearly stated on Colbert Report that he's not thug and wont promote it.I'd say he's a pretty good role model for black youth, wouldn'y you?

[xxashyy]

I'm not saying that Nas should be a peacenik. But this thug image or culture you see associated with Black people on Television and the Music does not help the black image. Also this thug image reinforces negative perceptions about young black males. That's just a fact of life like it or not. And I'm really blaming folks like Nas and 50cent. But I do blame the record companies that overly promote the negativity and the thug culture for profit.

[Lorenzo312]

If Bono went to the hood and told people to put down their guns and stop killing each other for menial bullshit, do you think anyone would listen? People like Nas, 2pac, Mike Tyson, or Michael Vick have enormous sway with the black youth who feel disenfranchised. I don't really mean to lump Nas in there with guys convicted of serious offenses, because Nas really hasn't done anything that bad. But he does empathize with them because he was once a ghetto youth.

[SuckersTillTheEnd]

I listened to one of his songs....too bad it's N...a Ni..a Nig.a left and right. The N word is a 1 dimensional crutch that tends to drag maturity & intelligence OUT of a song and reduces themes to primitives. Can no current rapper get a story/message across without using the N word? I'd love to see an entire album without using the N word. Then maybe I'd listen. This is the kind of stuff I respect: search YT for

"pete rock & cl smooth they reminisce over you"

[frankcastle139]

They will never let him live that "Shoot em Up" song down huh.

Everytime I've ever seen Nas on the news they're like " we have Nas here with us, but first here's Shoot Em Up".

That shit came out in 1999! You realize he has like 10 albums right? They alsways gotta play the most violent song he's done.

How about they introduce him by playing I Can, Thugs Mansion, If I Ruled the World etc.