Nas Speaks With CNN About His Letter About Derrion Albert’s Death

October 5th, 2009

Nas Speaks With CNN About His Letter About Derrion Albert’s Death

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This entry was posted on Monday, October 5th, 2009 at 1:15 pm and is filed under Videos. You can skip to the end and leave a response.

20 Responses to “Nas Speaks With CNN About His Letter About Derrion Albert’s Death”

jukebox Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
nas maybe a conehead ganster rapper like his nemisis jayz but im glad they giving this a ton of media attention.

its funny this shud come up……..hmm… when you take more than you need… you get what you need plus power in different forms……. correct me if im wrong but….better more direct wiring… more simplicity, tighter grip. dead.
shine95 Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
my nigga nas. luv that
BigLou Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
WTF is number 1 on?

Nas all day……….
Backlash Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Not only the video, but nas’s letter Also brought alot of light ..to the incident that happened in chicago …if it wasn’t for that ..the media would of just ignored it ..like they do everything else that goes on in this world in…inner cities like chicago, detroit ..newyork,Baltimore etc. ..if it’s not about any celebrities or the president ..than most likely you won’t hear about it in the media .and..maybe other celebrities will see this ..and speak out about it also…NAS!
blaze Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
@ BackLash

speaking about this incident would not suffice. solutions need to be churned out.
The Truth Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
The greater portion of these “big name artists” efforts will go to waste. The issue doesnt lie with whether we speak positive or speak about guns and violence. As long as blacks and other minorities do not have access to the same opportunities as white do, we will continue to see these things happen. We will continue to see black and latino men expressing their will power and potential in the only avenue available to us, those that the whites GIVE to us, which coincidentally are “bad”.

Its the Truth. The whole system/attitude/culture of America needs a major shift. Do you see whats going on with this white resentment toward obama, all this teabagger BS. Racism is alive. It was behind closed doors, now we are starting to see caucasian brothers in desperation to cling on to what they have left. They have always been competitive, colonizers, destroyers, and murderers….

COMPASSION. LOVE. They need to find it. We all gonna die one day, why are they so obsessed with money and power?
gary Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
lets see… what a name… nastradamus..solutions solutions and solutions?
gary Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
anyway my cousin tries to be hard because of ur records nas. your a lying bitchass fagit as nigga. fuck you nas
PR Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
you fuel gangsterism and you go on tv to make a fool of yourself didnt even come up with a good arguement tellin niggas to go to school. what tha fuck? nigga i be on tha block just like you waiting for my record deal.
noelle Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
(whispering, he’s still on this??) lol. This is very sad, too sad.
PR Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
who???????????????????????????????????????????????? it came out of the air?? who dares to challenge his credibility? the root only leads to one man… and noelle has become the root of the problem. you either ying, yang or yoked
PR Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
you just a worker with a message
shaunATL Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
well music does put some violence but not that much i mean if u so dumb and listen to song and do what it tell you then you got problems
BigLou Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Ya some real weak minded ass niggas if you let yourself be influenced by music, tv, or any other type of media. The root of the problem is the role models or lack there of these kids have growing up. Women having babies with niggas that want no parts of them….Men having babies with no regard for the child’s life……then these kids grow up with the lack of supervision and start acting reckless….I have a child and she takes all the attention possible from both me and my wife……….some of ya better start thinking about that shit before you start popping out kids….real talk
Backlash Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Ya some real weak minded ass niggas if you let yourself be influenced by music, tv, or any other type of media. The root of the problem is the role models or lack there of these kids have growing up
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exactly!! …cosign Biglou ….imma big fan of gangsta rap, but i have enough common sense to ..know ..not to go out on the streets and do these things that they are rapping about ..this is only entertainment …you have to learn how to separate this from real life , most of these stories rappers tell are fabricated…their not doing half the things .they are rapping about .why would you… @blaze …tru
2cents Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Everyone is influenced by something; but to emulate everything, jus because, is dumb to me! Point Blank sh!ts deep and until people ain’t scared to die and ready to live for each other instead of in spite of each other everything will be F’d up!!! In general we’re too busy makin it our life goal to stunt on folks half of which could care less bout what we think we got cause, we done already gave up what we had of value, and the majority of the rest we have to step on jus to show off for those who care less…lol smh REALTALK!
NAS1R JONEZ Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Madd respect for Nas…a good and real dude
SMM Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
BigLou Says:

October 5th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Ya some real weak minded ass niggas if you let yourself be influenced by music, tv, or any other type of media

I can’t fully agree with this statement. Just like the family, all the thing you listed are sources of socialization. So long as you have constant exposure to these things, it’s highly likely that you’ll be influenced or socialized by them. Any introductory sociology class tell people this. You’re right about the family being the primary source of socialization, though; if have a strong family foundation, being taught the right things by both a good mother and father (like it seems you and your wife are doing), then you’re less likely to fall victim to some of the less direct forms of influence. But because someone is influenced by music, movies, tv, etc. doesn’t mean they’re weak. Sorry ’bout the rant.
allnightALLDAY Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
yea i like nas but he is full of shyt. music does influence the actions & minds of the youth . what an idiot statement from this dude. ( thought he was smarter)
Boothism Says:
October 8th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Good post, glad heads caught this interview. I think a lot of people missed it and the ones that saw it (outside of the core hip hop community familiar with Nas‘ work) kinda took it at face value that Nas is just another thug MC. The thing is that the interview was slanted against Nas from the beginning. CNN used a few basic media and PR tricks to set this up and make Nas look like an ass. I broke down the situation on a post on my site. Check it out if you’re interested in media criticism. http://boothish.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/the-problem-with-the-cnn-don-lemmon-nas-interview You’re doing some good work on this blog. I’ll be checking back. Keep it up. -k

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