Thank You, Nas, For Advancing the Black Community!

Anyone who knoews me knows two things; One, I don't care for Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton and Two, I don't like a lot of rap. This scares most people.

So on that note, I can not begin to tell you how disgusted I am by this:



Nas was on the Red Carpet Sunday at the Grammy's with another rapper name Kelis with shirts that show the name of his new album... Nigger.

Awesome. Thank you. Thank you for making this word even... well, ANNOYING AND OFFENSIVE! Hell, this is coming from the guy who wants to make a t-shirt that says "God Is Dead"! Why is this worst? Why is making an album called "Nigger" a not so good idea?

Well, first off, the word is offensive. It's amazing that I'm offended by it, but yet, I am. Nas, obviously, knows this. So instead of opening the floor to debate, instead of simply being an intelligent human being (which, time and time again, has proven that he is a business man, not intelligent)... this is nothing more than a marketing ploy.

This is not a statement. This isn't him trying to make art. It's marketing.

Wow. Awesome. Using a racist word to sell albums and get fame. Aren't you special?

I'm not one to point and simply not look at the mirror. I'm a massive fan of Marilyn Manson and Hazle and Gretyle, both bands and artists that have ysed, and exploited, the Nazi persona for both fun and profit. At the same time, there is actually some difference here. Manson, for example, used it not only as a great gimmick during his Antichrist Superstar phase, but as an honest-to-Satan artistic statement. Hanzel Und Gretyle? Humoris take.

In essence, the Neo-Nazi movement is actually a parody of itself. We've seen it torn asunder by outr culture because we realize how absurd it is.

That is not to say the same can't, and hasn't, been done to the word "Nigger". That is also not to say that the time has come to do it and end the stigma once and for all for a downright idiotic word.

But Nas isn't doing it for that. Just the money.

The second reason I object? It's childish. It's as childish as going around with an inverted cross on your album cover and calling yourself "evil".

Frankly, I'm just pissed and disgusted at this. Fuck you, Nas, and the hoe you rode in on!