Nas Pens Open Letter To America
Power To The People.
Throughout his career, Nas has openly criticized The United States. And in the wake of the Charleston shooting and confederate flag controversy, Esco turned to his Instagram handle to address the country’s inequalities.
America has spent so much time, money & resources fighting wars abroad and completely fell asleep at the wheel of the war brewing within our cities, neighborhoods & blocks. We are supposed to stand for freedom & equal opportunity. That’s supposed to mean MORE than just words but the actions of late just don’t speak to what we are supposed to stand for.
This is BIGGER than BLACK and WHITE. This is about America selling a false dream. Now we’ve obviously progressed since the inception of this nation but we took our eye off the ball and it feels as though things are moving backwards.
As a black man, I find it difficult to understand that our biggest export (our American culture) comes from us. The people in the streets… The way the world dresses, talks, what they listen to, what they watch… That all comes from us.How can we be the ones responsible for America’s biggest export & fear for our lives like we shouldn’t belong here.
I don’t have all the answers nor do I believe anyone does, but we need to have conversations around how to improve as a nation. How do we show any ounce of progress that keeps hope alive.
This is too big of a problem to be solved overnight but there needs to be some questions answered to get things back on the track of righteousness. Amazing people died for this country. We owe it to the past, present & future to come together and move this country in the right direction.
This is my home just like it is anyone else’s. RIP CRISPUS ATTUCKS. FIRST MAN TO DIE IN AMERICA’s FREEDOM WAR & HE WAS BLACK! GOD BLESS EVERY OUNCE OF INNOCENT BLOOD SHED FOR THIS NATION & MY FAMILY.
Another one? Great Nas glad you wrote it but this is starting to be a trend rather than making a statement.
sometimes trends make statements
TREND??!!! NAS BEEN SAYIN’ THIS SHIT IN HIS MUSIC FOR YEARS!!!! OF COURSE YOU WOULDN’T KNOW SINCE YOU LIVE IN SOME FUCKIN’ JUNGLE IN AFRICA, HUNTIN’ ZEBRA FOR YOUR TRIBE!!!! YOU SPEAR CHUCKIN’ BOON!!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
You’re more accustomed to Africa in your section 8 Apartment than I am clown.
WOULDN’T KNOW BUT IF I LIVED IN A SECTION 8, AT LEAST I WOULDN’T BE SEEIN’ LIONS AND GAZELLES RUNNIN’ AROUND!!!! A SECTION 8 WOULD BE LIKE DISNEY WORLD TO YOU!!!! YOU MUD SMELLIN’ BOON!!!! HA!!!! YOU LIVE IN A MUD HUT, SHAKA!!!!
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Too bad I don’t live in Africa. Whats the difference between you and African tribes? Both of yall don’t have any money except you hunt Raccoons, Rats, and Food Stamps.
WHAT COLOR ARE YOU ASSUMING I AM, SHAKA??? ‘CAUSE I DON’T CLAIM A COLOR OR RACE!!!! FUCK YOUR COLOR SCHEME!!!! YOU RACE BAITIN’ BOON!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
White, Black, whatever. Theres all types of races in Africa and in the ghetto. Sorta like what you see at the unemployment office clown.
I CAN BUY YOUR ENTIRE TRIBE, YOU JUNGLE BUNNY!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
I’m gonna guess your Spanish or somethin like that.
DEFINITELY NOT A ‘SPIC, OR ANY OTHER COLOR, RACE, ETHNICITY!!!! I CLAIM NO RACE OR COLOR!!!! FUCK A COLOR SCHEME!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Ur from Africa but ur making fun of poverty???
Another one? Great Nas glad you wrote it but this is starting to be a trend rather than making a statement.
sometimes trends make statements
TREND??!!! NAS BEEN SAYIN’ THIS SHIT IN HIS MUSIC FOR YEARS!!!! OF COURSE YOU WOULDN’T KNOW SINCE YOU LIVE IN SOME FUCKIN’ JUNGLE IN AFRICA, HUNTIN’ ZEBRA FOR YOUR TRIBE!!!! YOU SPEAR CHUCKIN’ BOON!!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
You’re more accustomed to Africa in your section 8 Apartment than I am clown.
WOULDN’T KNOW BUT IF I LIVED IN A SECTION 8, AT LEAST I WOULDN’T BE SEEIN’ ANY LIONS AND GAZELLES RUNNIN’ AROUND!!!! A SECTION 8 WOULD BE LIKE DISNEY WORLD FOR YOU!!!! YOU MUD SMELLIN’ BOON!!!! HA!!!! YOU LIVE IN A MUD HUT, SHAKA!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Too bad I don’t live in Africa. Whats the difference between you and African tribes? Both of yall don’t have any money except you hunt Raccoons, Rats, and Food Stamps.
WHAT COLOR ARE YOU ASSUMING I AM, SHAKA??? BECAUSE I DON’T CLAIM A COLOR OR RACE!!!! FUCK YOUR COLOR SCHEME!!!! YOU RACE BAITIN’ BOON!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
White, Black, whatever. Theres all types of races in Africa and in the ghetto. Sorta like what you see at the unemployment office clown.
I CAN BUY YOUR ENTIRE TRIBE, YOU JUNGLE BUNNY!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
I’m gonna guess your Spanish or somethin like that.
DEFINITELY NOT A ‘SPIC OR ANY OTHER COLOR, RACE, OR ETHNICITY!!!! I’M CLAIM NO RACE OR COLOR!!!! FUCK A COLOR SCHEME!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Ur from Africa but ur making fun of poverty???
Don’t nobody care bout this shit. A real nigga tryna touch a hundred M’s
dumb fuck
Don’t nobody care bout this shit. A real nigga tryna touch a hundred M’s
dumb fuck
NAS THE KING!!!! QUEENS WINS YET AGAIN!!!!
SIDEBAR: THERE WILL ALWAYS BE RACISM AS LONG AS THE WHITE RACIST GENE EXISTS!!!!
#QUEENS
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Rozay the goat but nas ight tho
ALL THIS NAS DICKRIDING! 50 CENT & NAS! 2 niggaz that seem to get you aroused you fucking internet obsessed dummy.
IS THAT YOU KELIS??? HA!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
UR life is comparable 2 DOGSHIT! its more 2 life than the internet you computer guru!
YOU STILL MAD ABOUT YOUR DRESS BEING ON THE “LIFE IS GOOD” ALBUM COVER???
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
U shut that dummy up quick. All off subject and shit haha. Had that nigga shook daddy damn
YOU’RE FROM FLORIDA!!!!!!
YOU AIN’T FROM QUEENS!!!!
#BENSON
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
NAS THE KING!!!! QUEENS WINS YET AGAIN!!!!
SIDEBAR: THERE WILL ALWAYS BE RACISM AS LONG AS THE WHITE RACIST GENE EXISTS!!!!
#QUEENS
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Rozay the goat but nas ight tho
ALL THIS NAS DICKRIDING! 50 CENT & NAS! 2 niggaz that seem to get you aroused you fucking internet obsessed dummy.
IS THAT YOU KELIS??? HA!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
UR life is comparable 2 DOGSHIT! its more 2 life than the internet you computer guru!
YOU STILL MAD ABOUT THAT DRESS ON THAT LIFE IS GOOD ALBUM COVER???
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
U shut that dummy up quick. All off subject and shit haha. Had that nigga shook daddy damn
YOU’RE FROM FLORIDA!!!!!!
YOU AIN’T FROM QUEENS!!!!
#BENSON
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
@ B.Dot
Throughout his career, Nas has always been critical of America.
^
HOW THE FUCK WOULD YOU KNOW??? YOU’RE TOO BUSY RIDIN’ JAY’S MANHOOD AND BEING HIS TIDAL MASCOT!!!! I GUARANTEE IF JAY WROTE THIS, IT WOULD BE YOUR SCREENSAVER ON YOUR IPHONE!!!!
……………HA!!!! YOU GETS NO LOVE IN QUEENS, FUCKBOY!!!! FACT!!!!
#BENSON
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Bdot gets mad love in queens.He buys all his doo-rags from queen boutiques they give him discounts now that’s love!
……….HA!!!! NAH!!!! HE GETS THEM SHIPPED TO HIS 10 X 20 LIL APARTMENT IN HARLEM!!!! THAT NIGGA KNOWS BETTER!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
NIGGA stop it!! You know you still be rockin gunit jerseys with them fat ass gunit sneakers to go with it!! ITS 2015 QUAN THAT TREND BEEN DEAD.
YOU STILL MAD I EXPOSED YOU ON THE “LIFE IS GOOD” ALBUM???
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
you still mad ya favorite rappers old & losing steam? Well I guess not since you dickride em like they the HOTTEST THING in rap! you FUCKIN internet kingpen ha.
The fuck are you talking about you virgin
YOU NEVER BIG UP NAS FOR SHIT!!!! YOU’RE A FUCKIN’ DISGRACE!!!! AS FAR FOR BEING VIRGIN, NIGGA I TURNED DOWN MORE PUSSY THAN YOU EVER HAD PUSSY!!!! FACT!!!!
……….HA!!!! STILL HAVEN’T SEEN YOU WITH A WOMAN IN PUBLIC FOR ALL THESE YEARS!!!! SMH!!!! SAD!!!!
#BENSON
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
you’re obviously no Nas fan. If you were, you would’ve known that he’s criticized America various times on wax. And please, you’re over explaining yourself.
Nas’s approach is too soft I’m sorry and thats with all due respect to everything he has ever said on wax. Hip Hop needs more Dead Prez, Immortal Tech, Killer Mike, Ice Cube etc type rappers. A more militant, unforgiving, willing to fight for it approach because I’m tired of the bullshit. Nas is a “lets just all get along” type nigga. Respectfully. Get Jay Electronica to write a letter cause Nas is too timid imo. Nas says its bigger then black and white? During all this confederate flag (monuments and memorials) debate shit going on… Well those markers are just the tip of the ice berg that still permeates america whether that flag is up or removed and placed in a museum.
READ MY COMMENTS THOROUGHLY YOU BITCH!!!! DON’T JUST SKIM THRU ‘EM FUCKBOY!!!! I SPECIFICALLY SAID NAS BEEN SAYIN’ SHIT LIKE THIS IN HIS RHYMES!!!! AND IF YOU WERE A NAS FAN I WOULD’VE SEEN HIM ON THAT CRWN COUCH OR ON YOUR WEAK PODCAST BY NOW!!!! OUCH!!!! HA!!!!
#BENSON #FACTSONLY
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
B.THOT A CLOWN ASS NIGGA. nigga walks around the streets in a du-rag likes its 02
………..HA!!!! NOT IN THE STREETS OF QUEENS THOU!!!! THEY’D CHASE THAT BUM OUTTA THERE!!!! THAT COWARD KNOWS BETTER!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Well played.
@ B.Dot
Throughout his career, Nas has been openly critical of The United States.
^
HOW THE FUCK WOULD YOU KNOW??? YOU’RE TOO BUSY RIDIN’ JAY’S MANHOOD AND BEING HIS TIDAL MASCOT!!!! I GUARANTEE IF JAY WROTE THIS, IT WOULD BE YOUR SCREENSAVER ON YOUR IPHONE!!!!
……………HA!!!! YOU GETS NO LOVE IN QUEENS, FUCKBOY!!!! FACT!!!!
#BENSON
DONmT HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Bdot gets mad love in queens.He buys all his doo-rags from queen boutiques they give him discounts now that’s love!
……….HA!!!! NAH!!!! HE GETS THEM SHIPPED TO HIS 10 X 20 LIL APARTMENT IN HARLEM!!!! THAT NIGGA KNOWS BETTER!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
NIGGA stop it!! You know you still be rockin gunit jerseys with them fat ass gunit sneakers to go with it!! ITS 2015 QUAN THAT TREND BEEN DEAD.
YOU STILL MAD I EXPOSED YOU ON THE “LIFE IS GOOD” ALBUM???
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
you still mad ya favorite rappers old & losing steam? Well I guess not since you dickride em like they the HOTTEST THING in rap! you FUCKIN internet kingpen ha.
The fuck are you talking about you virgin
YOU NEVER BIG UP NAS FOR SHIT!!!! YOU’RE A FUCKIN’ DISGRACE!!!! AS FAR FOR BEING VIRGIN, NIGGA I TURNED DOWN MORE PUSSY THAN YOU EVER HAD PUSSY!!!! FACT!!!!
……….HA!!!! STILL HAVEN’T SEEN YOU WITH A WOMAN IN PUBLIC FOR ALL THESE YEARS!!!! SMH!!!! SAD!!!!
#BENSON
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
you’re obviously no Nas fan. If you were, you would’ve known that he’s criticized America various times on wax. And please, you’re over explaining yourself.
Nas’s approach is too soft I’m sorry and thats with all due respect to everything he has ever said on wax. Hip Hop needs more Dead Prez, Immortal Tech, Killer Mike, Ice Cube etc type rappers. A more militant, unforgiving, willing to fight for it approach because I’m tired of the bullshit. Nas is a “lets just all get along” type nigga. Respectfully.
READ MY COMMENTS THOROUGHLY YOU BITCH!!!! DON’T JUST SKIM THRU ‘EM FUCKBOY!!!! I SPECIFICALLY SAID NAS BEEN SAYIN’ SHIT LIKE THIS IN HIS RHYMES!!!! AND IF YOU WERE A NAS FAN I WOULD’VE SEEN HIM ON THAT CRWN COUCH OR ON YOUR WEAK PODCAST BY NOW!!!! OUCH!!!! HA!!!!
#BENSON #FACTSONLY
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
B.THOT A CLOWN ASS NIGGA. nigga walks around the streets in a du-rag likes its 02
………..HA!!!! NOT IN THE STREETS OF QUEENS THOU!!!! THEY’D CHASE THAT BUM OUTTA THERE!!!! THAT COWARD KNOWS BETTER!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
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Well played.
nobody wanna read this shit. real niggas don’t pen open letters to countries.
nobody wanna read this shit. real niggas don’t pen open letters to countries.
too much to read but I’m sure he meant well….
FUCKIN 3rd grade reading level you have is to blame!! Lets Be real dummy
too much to read but I’m sure he meant well….
FUCKIN 3rd grade reading level you have is to blame!! Lets Be real dummy
It will be year 3000 and black people will still be getting killed in TV. Get upset, hashtag on Twitter, something else comes up and everyone forgets. Africa is the way out. Lobby President Obama for transition programs to build your own pyramids in the motherland. America would fall to their knees if every immigrant left today. But blacks would rather stay in America and be slaves their entire life. It’s easie said than done, but in the long run so much much more beneficial for mankind
Bingo
It will be year 3000 and black people will still be getting killed in TV. Get upset, hashtag on Twitter, something else comes up and everyone forgets. Africa is the way out. Lobby President Obama for transition programs to build your own pyramids in the motherland. America would fall to their knees if every immigrant left today. But blacks would rather stay in America and be slaves their entire life. It’s easie said than done, but in the long run so much much more beneficial for mankind
Bingo
A) Is that a cigarette?
B) If you’re gonna claim pride in Hip Hop being America’s number one export, and suggest that we shouldn’t have to “fear for our lives”.. You might wanna take a minute to analyze the content of that export and see how that factor’s into what’s going on “in the streets”..
Nas is undeniably one of the illest to ever do it.. But I’m just saying..
The biggest rappers are like Drake, Kendrick, Cole and Kanye… Furthermore violence existed before Hip Hop culture.
A) Is that a cigarette?
B) If you’re gonna claim pride in Hip Hop being America’s number one export, and suggest that we shouldn’t have to “fear for our lives”.. You might wanna take a minute to analyze the content of that export and see how that factor’s into what’s going on “in the streets”..
Nas is undeniably one of the illest to ever do it.. But I’m just saying..
The biggest rappers are like Drake, Kendrick, Cole and Kanye… Furthermore violence existed before Hip Hop culture.
Drop that Album Nas
Drop that Album Nas
Why any y’all post Lupe Fiasco’s instagram post on this same topic? He addressed it in a much realer perspective and avoided the bullshit Nas sprouted about this ‘beloved’ nation.
Why any y’all post Lupe Fiasco’s instagram post on this same topic? He addressed it in a much realer perspective and avoided the bullshit Nas sprouted about this ‘beloved’ nation.
He hitting that square hard asf
That’s all you took from that? Ur part of the problem.
He hitting that square hard asf
That’s all you took from that? Ur part of the problem.
Blacks want you to ignore the fact that resisting the police is what gets you roughed up..This guy guns down black folks at a church, gets arrested and in the process is treated like a human being. The officers do there job with lax professionalism like the guy is only accused of cursing out an officer. Now if that was a black thug he’ll resist and get roughed up..and the cops will definitely act like they are detaining a wild beast from another planet.
Shut the fuck up romarez.
they treated him to Burger King on the way to jail, for killing 9 people.Â
WHAT THE FUCK WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BLACK MAN’S PLIGHT IN AMERICA??? YOU’RE A MEXICAN WETBACK WHO LITERALLY SLIPPED THRU THE CRACKS AND GOT INTO THIS COUNTRY!!!! I’D STONE YOU TILL YOU RAN BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY!!!! YOU LUCKY ‘SPIC!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
What do you do with a jerk like mac?
YOU GET HIM HIRED BY IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND HAVE HIM GET RID OF ALL YOU TRIFLIN’ ILLEGAL WETBACKS ‘SPICS!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Why you hate for spics? Did a spic fucked your girl something?
Just stop talking dumb…
Amazing what happens when you don’t resist arrest.
Whats Amazing is what happens in mexico murder,rape,beheadings go on a mexico blog n shed light on ur own ppl.
You won’t last a minute on the Mexican border.
You barely last at a summer jam concert pussy.
THOSE PIG COPS DON’T HARRASS YOU ‘SPICS BECAUSE YA’LL WORK LIKE MULES THAT GET PAID $2 A DAY AND DRINK BUDWEISER TILL YOU GET PISSY DRUNK AND PASS OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR PORCH!!!! YOU’RE NO THREAT TO NOBODY!!!! ONLY TO PEOPLE WHO WANT BELOW MINIMUM WAGE JOBS!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
In just a few years your daughter’s gonna let a black thug fuck her like a wild beast from another planet and she won’t resist at all.
The way I raised her it impossible.
So she makes you believe LOL. I’m sure you raised her to be racist piece of shit like you but one day she gonna turn around and tell you to stfu…
SHE’S PROBABLY GONNA MARRY FOR PAPERS!!!! THAT’S WHAT THOSE TRIFLIN’ ‘SPICS DO!!!! HA!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
LOL smh
…………….HA!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Fuck you Marty
Blacks want you to ignore the fact that resisting the police is what gets you roughed up..This guy guns down black folks at a church, gets arrested and in the process is treated like a human being. The officers do there job with lax professionalism like the guy is only accused of cursing out an officer. Now if that was a black thug he’ll resist and get treated like a animal..and the cops will definitely act like they are detaining a wild beast from another planet.
Shut the fuck up romarez.
they treated him to Burger King on the way to jail, for killing 9 people.Â
WHAT THE FUCK WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BLACK MAN’S PLIGHT IN AMERICA??? YOU’RE A MEXICAN WETBACK WHO LITERALLY SLIPPED THRU THE CRACKS AND GOT INTO THIS COUNTRY!!!! I’D STONE YOU TILL YOU RAN BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY!!!! YOU LUCKY ‘SPIC!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
What do you do with a jerk like mac?
YOU GET HIM HIRED BY IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND HAVE HIM GET RID OF ALL YOU TRIFLIN’ ILLEGAL WETBACKS ‘SPICS!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Why you hate for spics? Did a spic fucked your girl something?
Just stop talking dumb…
Amazing what happens when you don’t resist arrest.
Whats Amazing is what happens in mexico murder,rape,beheadings go on a mexico blog n shed light on ur own ppl.
You won’t last a minute on the Mexican border.
You barely last at a summer jam concert pussy.
THOSE PIG COPS DON’T HARRASS YOU ‘SPICS BECAUSE YA’LL WORK LIKE MULES THAT GET PAID $2 A DAY AND DRINK BUDWEISER TILL YOU GET PISSY DRUNK AND PASS OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR PORCH!!!! YOU’RE NO THREAT TO NOBODY!!!! ONLY TO PEOPLE WHO WANT BELOW MINIMUM WAGE JOBS!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
In just a few years your daughter’s gonna let a black thug fuck her like a wild beast from another planet and she won’t resist at all.
The way I raised her it impossible.
So she makes you believe LOL. I’m sure you raised her to be racist piece of shit like you but one day she gonna turn around and tell you to stfu…
SHE’S PROBABLY GONNA MARRY FOR PAPERS!!!! THAT’S WHAT THOSE TRIFLIN’ ‘SPICS DO!!!! HA!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
LOL smh
…………….HA!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Fuck you Marty
In a real arrest of this magnitude the cops would have had adrenaline rushing knowing who they were pulling over. Those guns would have been out at all times, a position of cover taken with demands for the suspect to show hands out the window, exit the car, and lay on the ground. 5 or 6 more cruisers would have arrived on the scene to back them up within mere moments and make sure he was secured without incident.Â
In a real arrest of this magnitude the cops would have had adrenaline rushing knowing who they were pulling over. Those guns would have been out at all times, a position of cover taken with demands for the suspect to show hands out the window, exit the car, and lay on the ground. 5 or 6 more cruisers would have arrived on the scene to back them up within mere moments and make sure he was secured without incident.Â
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All this fantasy talk, America was founded on Evil, and has always stayed the course of evil. Nas said ‘back on the track of righteousness’,lol , When in Hell has America ever been righteous. Too much fantasy talk because he knows where his money flows from and his money means more to him than the truth. African Americans have been singing that same tune forever, that’s why nothing changes, they keep begging the white man to be different. pathetic
All this fantasy talk, America was founded on Evil, and has always stayed the course of evil. Nas said ‘back on the track of righteousness’,lol , When in Hell has America ever been righteous. Too much fantasy talk because he knows where his money flows from and his money means more to him than the truth. African Americans have been singing that same tune forever, that’s why nothing changes, they keep begging the white man to be different. pathetic
why post that image with the content in the post?
Weak choice indeed. @B.Dot
why post that image with the content in the post?
Weak choice indeed. @B.Dot
Nas just inspired me!
Nas just inspired me!
Shut up, Nas! Your shit is garbage, now you trying to kick knowledge? Lol, this nigga stays losing and making himself look like a clown.
You’re the real clown and troll. You got another grown man as your profile pic. And that same grown man is a fraud and wack as hell!
Shut up, Nas! Your shit is garbage, now you trying to kick knowledge? Lol, this nigga stays losing and making himself look like a clown.
You’re the real clown and troll. You got another grown man as your profile pic. And that same grown man is a fraud and wack as hell!
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It saddens me when I read most of the comments on this thread. It sounds like you guys act as if Nas is a person without enlightenment; like he should attack whitey in this situation, like he never voiced his opinion on ILLMATIC – NIGGER Album. Just blaming whitey is not the answer, It’s more complex than that. Yes, there have been policies put in place by politicians throughout the years that have hindered the black experience in this country, but there were also those whites who alongside black leaders, who have been scrutinized or murdered because they stood for positive, social change. So again, it’s annoying when I see idiots talking reckless about Nas, when all he’s trying to do is open up an honest discussion. None of you guys have the intelligence to even confront this conversation; many of you lack the history.
We need to start with criticizing the media (News, Film, Tv, and Music etc) and it’s stereotypical portrayal of minorities. Secondly, the white community needs to do more on educating their youth on other cultures instead of letting the older generation or the media, brainwash the new with old fashioned misconceptions of black people. Oh, and fixing the over due judicial system. The laws are so screwed up that a person who is caught carrying less than a gram of weed, is sentenced as if he were the head of a drug cartel, it’s ridiculous. Some folks are in jail for lesser crimes, resulting in the collapse of the black family. Lastly, some blacks need to learn how to move from the victim narrative. I say victim because we constantly have individuals going on the web or on the news trying to represent us as a whole on matters that are fickle. We get it, some of our ancestors were slaves, ok, but this is the 21 century, and we have black billionaires and millionaires, and we need more of them. Let’s push past this victim role, and make serious money to enact changes in our improvised neighborhoods. WE CAN COMPLAIN ALL WE WANT ABOUT RACISTS, but they’ll always exist. What they can’t stand, is when a person is successful, making his or her own money and owning something that they can’t control.
Heck, I grew in one of the worse neighborhoods in the Bronx, and now I have a job paying me 100k a year–and it’s getting better. After this, I’m trying to start my own business. The way to earn respect is to own what most of the planet already respects, MONEY. Notice when a person is poor, they have all the time in the world to complain about social injustices, and they’re easily persuaded by the delusions of a race baiter. Once that person has the means to escape his or her grim reality, the race baiters, media and the government can hate, but they can’t control you. Prime examples: Oprah, Dangote, Dos, Santos, Mayweather, Perry, Rhimes, Jordan, etc. So just understand, when you’re a working class individual, or a poor black person, racism is yet another tool used to stop our advancement in world.
This was a hate crime and the comments in connection are about a white man. So its not just “blamming whitey” when the killer is actually white. Its not a “victim mentally” when there are actual victims who were murdered. Whenever somebody black says something about racism that is straight up FACT, its people that say were playing the victim? A nigga brings up issues in 2015 and people say slavery is over? Then they bring up millionaires like hey look at Oprah. We can’t all be rich people. People want black people as a nation to catch up to “whitey” in the last 2 generations what economically took centuries for “whitey” to establish on the backs of black people. Its not a “victim mentally” to say there is a huge portion of white people in power doing everything possible to stop and hold back any progression made by black people as a whole. Thats not playing the victim, thats the truth. Should that stop anybody as an individual? No but that don’t mean black people can’t address the issues for what it is. Yes individuals can make progress but for every one of us that do, its a few thousand of our brothas and sistas who do not. Personal accountability plays a roll of course but the huge elephant is the room is a systematic and societal form of oppression from a political structure that holds power coming from the outside.
Everything you said was correct, but thanks for reiterating my thoughts to these folks. Repetition is the key to learning. Now, I’m going to cite some points that I’ve made which you’ve misinterpreted. You bring up the issue with individuals citing Oprah as a means to say black people are not struggling that bad, they have rich ones as well: “Then they bring up millionaires like hey look at Oprah.” That is not what I’m saying here. I’m simply stating that we should use these people as examples for our own personal struggles. Use them to see past the everyday economic and social woes. It’s only one example that a person like Farrakhan (who is very popular on Rap Radar) even stated. Another point you misinterpreted was the “blame whitey” portion of my statement. Again, I was simply stating that many blacks heard the narrative “blame whitey” for so long, that it becomes a crutch for when things don’t go your way, and that’s wrong. This is when personal accountability comes into play. For example, if you’re a black kid from an upper middle class family, raised in the suburbs and all of a sudden you take up with the wrong crowd and you start to sell drugs and get busted. Do you then say “hey, this is whitey’s fault !” I would say no, but many out there share that sentiment. This is bad, because there are many blacks folks who actually have the right to complain, and all this person does is dilute the real issues when there is a real problem that actually needs attention.
There are opportunities for people to make it out of poverty–countless. Shit, I’m a prime example of escapism I grew up in one of the worse neighborhoods in The Bronx, with a single mother, father absent, and my stepfather was in jail. I lived with five siblings under a one bedroom apartment. My mother understood that working hard in school (even though we lacked funding) is the best means of escape, and guess what… she was right. Many of the people I grew up with are doing well, the ones that aren’t, continue in a path of destruction; following drug dealers when they easily had many opportunities outside of this system, especially if you weren’t from the projects. One of the major problems with the inner city does stem from a broken system, but there is hope. Many have done it though sports, education, politics etc. And before you say it, yes, I understand that many of us don’t have that luxury of going to school. Again, the past is the past, let’s look to new developments for the future. We can have these racists go into churches, enforce ridiculous policies that hinder our progression. However, these folks can’t stop ambition, and it scares the shit out of them.
Ok well I don’t think looking at Oprah is gonna help most people get past economic woes and I don’t think “blaming whitey” is a crutch when all throughout the system of america, whether it be local or state or federal, educational, law, economically etc… you keep seeing white faces sitting in the seats of power and making decisions that the larger majority of people have to live under. If there were “countless” ways to make it outta poverty, I doubt there would be any poor people with a countless amount of options for them.
It saddens me when I read most of the comments on this thread. It sounds like you guys act as if Nas is a person without enlightenment; like he should attack whitey in this situation, like he never voiced his opinion on ILLMATIC – NIGGER Album. Just blaming whitey is not the answer, It’s more complex than that. Yes, there have been policies put in place by politicians throughout the years that have hindered the black experience in this country, but there were also those whites who alongside black leaders, who have been scrutinized or murdered because they stood for positive, social change. So again, it’s annoying when I see idiots talking reckless about Nas, when all he’s trying to do is open up an honest discussion. None of you guys have the intelligence to even confront this conversation; many of you lack the history.
We need to start with criticizing the media (News, Film, Tv, and Music etc) and it’s stereotypical portrayal of minorities. Secondly, the white community needs to do more on educating their youth on other cultures instead of letting the older generation or the media, brainwash the new with old fashioned misconceptions of black people. Lastly, some blacks need to learn how to move from the victim narrative. I say victim because we constantly have individuals going on the web or on the news trying to represent us as a whole on matters that are fickle. We get it, some of our ancestors were slaves, ok, but this is the 21 century, and we have black billionaires and millionaires, and we need more of them. Let’s push past this victim role, and make serious money to enact changes in our improvised neighborhoods. WE CAN COMPLAIN ALL WE WANT ABOUT RACISTS, but they’ll always exist. What they can’t stand, is when a person is successful, making his or her own money and owning something that they can’t control.
Heck, I grew in one of the worse neighborhoods in the Bronx, and now I have a job paying me 100k a year–and it’s getting better. After this, I’m trying to start my own business. The way to earn respect is to own what most of the planet already respects, MONEY. Notice when a person is poor, they have all the time in the world to complain about social injustices, and they’re easily persuaded by the delusions of a race baiter. Once that person has the means to escape his or her grim reality, the race baiters, media and the government can hate, but they can’t control you. Prime examples: Oprah, Dangote, Dos, Santos, Mayweather, Perry, Rhimes, Jordan, etc. So just understand, when you’re a working class individual, or a poor black person, racism is yet another tool used to stop our advancement in world.
This was a hate crime and the comments in connection are about a white man. So its not just “blamming whitey” when the killer is actually white. Its not a “victim mentally” when there are actual victims who were murdered. Whenever somebody black says something about racism that is straight up FACT, its people that say were playing the victim? A nigga brings up issues in 2015 and people say slavery is over? Then they bring up millionaires like hey look at Oprah. We can’t all be rich people. People want black people as a nation to catch up to “whitey” in the last 2 generations what economically took centuries for “whitey” to establish on the backs of black people. Its not a “victim mentally” to say there is a huge portion of white people in power doing everything possible to stop and hold back any progression made by black people as a whole. Thats not playing the victim, thats the truth. Should that stop anybody as an individual? No but that don’t mean black people can’t address the issues for what it is. Yes individuals can make progress but for every one of us that do, its a few thousand of our brothas and sistas who do not. Personal accountability plays a roll of course but the huge elephant is the room is a systematic and societal form of oppression from a political structure that holds power coming from the outside.
Everything you said was correct, but thanks for reiterating my thoughts to these folks. Repetition is the key to learning. Now, I’m going to cite some points that I’ve made which you’ve misinterpreted. You bring up the issue with individuals citing Oprah as a means to say black people are not struggling that bad, they have rich ones as well: “Then they bring up millionaires like hey look at Oprah.” That is not what I’m saying here. I’m simply stating that we should use these people as examples for our own personal struggles. Use them to see past the everyday economic and social woes. It’s only one example that a person like Farrakhan (who is very popular on Rap Radar) even stated. Another point you misinterpreted was the “blame whitey” portion of my statement. Again, I was simply stating that many blacks heard the narrative “blame whitey” for so long, that it becomes a crutch for when things don’t go your way, and that’s wrong. This is when personal accountability comes into play. For example, if you’re a black kid from an upper middle class family, raised in the suburbs and all of a sudden you take up with the wrong crowd and you start to sell drugs and get busted. Do you then say “hey, this is whitey’s fault !” I would say no, but many out there share that sentiment. This is bad, because there are many blacks folks who actually have the right to complain, and all this person does is dilute the real issues when there is a real problem that actually needs attention.
There are opportunities for people to make it out of poverty–countless. Shit, I’m a prime example of escapism I grew up in one of the worse neighborhoods in The Bronx, with a single mother, father absent, and my stepfather was in jail. I lived with five siblings under a one bedroom apartment. My mother understood that working hard in school (even though we lacked funding) is the best means of escape, and guess what… she was right. Many of the people I grew up with are doing well, the ones that aren’t, continue in a path of destruction; following drug dealers when they easily had many opportunities outside of this system, especially if you weren’t from the projects. One of the major problems with the inner city does stem from a broken system, but there is hope. Many have done it though sports, education, politics etc. And before you say it, yes, I understand that many of us don’t have that luxury of going to school. Again, the past is the past, let’s look to new developments for the future. We can have these racists go into churches, enforce ridiculous policies that hinder our progression. However, these folks can’t stop ambition, and it scares the shit out of them.
Ok well I don’t think looking at Oprah is gonna help most people get past economic woes and I don’t think “blaming whitey” is a crutch when all throughout the system of america, whether it be local or state or federal, educational, law, economically etc… you keep seeing white faces sitting in the seats of power and making decisions that the larger majority of people have to live under. If there were “countless” ways to make it outta poverty, I doubt there would be any poor people with a countless amount of options for them.
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