Rapper Nas Leads Protest Of Fox News, Calls Network Racist

by Chris Jones on July 23, 2008 · 6 comments

nas nigger Rapper Nas Leads Protest Of Fox News, Calls Network Racist

Rapper Nas led a rather humorous protest in front of Fox News headquarters today. TV Newser among others was there to get in on the action.

The hip-hop star joined about 50 protesters, (less than another anti-FNC protest in 2004) from two organizations: ColorofChange.org and MoveOn.org who called on the network to, “stop its racist smears against the Obamas and other Black Americans.”

The protesters stood quietly for about an hour until Nas appeared, most holding pre-made or hand-made signs. Many Fox News employees came to check out the scene, including Red Eye host Greg Gutfeld and some of the show’s staff. “This is quite possibly the most boring protest ever,” he told us.

But that was before Nas arrived. The hip-hop star emerged from an SUV to a flutter of cameras, made his way to the front of the protesters and gave a short speech, before heading back into the SUV.

Nas’s charge of racism seems oddly timed considering he’s currently promoting his new album called “Nigger.” I’m guessing he missed the irony of the album title as well as his unique fashion choices recently.

-Chris Jones

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  • evan

    I'm guessing you don't know shit about hip hop or nas judging by how you wrote this. Anyway, to put it simply Nas calling the album Nigger is his way of asking what the signification of a racial slur is and pointing out that words only hold power because we believe in their meanings. Let me speak for him and say he gets the irony, it's you that doesn't understand the irony of a white person writing an article sarcastically questioning a black artist's intelligence to discredit him much the same way using the word nigger would. Get your head out of the ground.

  • evan

    Im guessing you don't listen to hip hop or understand who Nas is more than a name alongside a whole cast of foreign characters with iced out teeth and jewelry. Let me speak up and say, Nas is more than aware of the implications and irony of releasing an album under the title Ni&&er. Its a statement thats meant to point out that words only hold power through the ways we use them. Ni&&er is a word that represents then attempt of one race to belittle and discredit another. Removing it from that context and turning it into a source of pride is taking back the power surrounding the word. I find it very funny that there is a white columnist writing articles calling out an artist's own ability to understand their work and surrounding subject matters, inadvertently trying to take power away from blacks just the way the word ni&&er did.

    It's more ironic that the site that publishes your work has made it illegal to write the word ni&&er without censoring posts. I think you should get a pair of headphones or some good speakers and play illmatic, i am, it was written or stillmattic before you try and sound smart and support bigotry.

    great work idiot

  • evan

    Im guessing you don't listen to hip hop or understand who Nas is more than a name alongside a whole cast of foreign characters with iced out teeth and jewelry. Let me speak up and say, Nas is more than aware of the implications and irony of releasing an album under the title Ni&&er. Its a statement thats meant to point out that words only hold power through the ways we use them. Ni&&er is a word that represents then attempt of one race to belittle and discredit another. Removing it from that context and turning it into a source of pride is taking back the power surrounding the word. I find it very funny that there is a white columnist writing articles calling out an artist's own ability to understand their work and surrounding subject matters, inadvertently trying to take power away from blacks just the way the word ni&&er did.

    It's more ironic that the site that publishes your work has made it illegal to write the word ni&&er without censoring posts. I think you should get a pair of headphones or some good speakers and play illmatic, i am, it was written or stillmattic before you try and sound smart and support bigotry.

  • http://intensedebate.com/profiles/echamber echamber

    Im guessing you don't listen to hip hop or understand who Nas is more than a name alongside a whole cast of foreign characters with iced out teeth and jewelry. Let me speak up and say, Nas is more than aware of the implications and irony of releasing an album under the title Ni&&er. Its a statement thats meant to point out that words only hold power through the ways we use them. N!&&er is a word that represents then attempt of one race to belittle and discredit another. Removing it from that context and turning it into a source of pride is taking back the power surrounding the word. I find it very funny that there is a white columnist writing articles calling out an artist's own ability to understand their work and surrounding subject matters, inadvertently trying to take power away from blacks just the way the word n!&&er did.

    It's more ironic that the site that publishes your work has made it illegal to write the word n!&&er without censoring posts. I think you should get a pair of headphones or some good speakers and play illmatic, i am, it was written or stillmattic before you try and sound smart and support bigotry.

  • http://intensedebate.com/profiles/echamber echamber

    Im guessing you don't listen to hip hop or understand who Nas is more than a name alongside a whole cast of foreign characters with iced out teeth and jewelry. Let me speak up and say, Nas is more than aware of the implications and irony of releasing an album under the title Ni&&er. Its a statement thats meant to point out that words only hold power through the ways we use them. Ni&&er is a word that represents then attempt of one race to belittle and discredit another. Removing it from that context and turning it into a source of pride is taking back the power surrounding the word. I find it very funny that there is a white columnist writing articles calling out an artist's own ability to understand their work and surrounding subject matters, inadvertently trying to take power away from blacks just the way the word ni&&er did.

    It's more ironic that the site that publishes your work has made it illegal to write the word ni&&er without censoring posts. I think you should get a pair of headphones or some good speakers and play illmatic, i am, it was written or stillmattic before you try and sound smart and support bigotry.

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