10/26/2007Universal Music Group has been told to change name of soon to be released Nas album "N*gger" or risk losing $84 million in state investments a Fort Greene assemblyman said this week.
“[They are] profiting from a racial slur that has been used to dehumanize people of color for centuries,” said Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries (D–Fort Greene).
“It is time for Nas and other hip-hop artists to clean up their act and stop flooding the airwaves with the N-word.”
10/19/2007
After days of speculation on the title, Nas has decided to call his new album "
N*gger".
The rapper says the album will be released Dec. 11 but Def Jam has yet to confirm this date.
"You ain't got no business worrying about what the word 'n*gger' is or acting like you know what my album is about without talking to me," Nas tells MTV.com about the negative response to the album title from public figures such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Earlier in the week Foxnews.com reported that a source close to L.A. Reid said the album wasn't on the label's release schedule.
"I don't know where that [report] came from and neither does Def Jam," Nas said. "None of us knows where that came from."
Nas recently spoke to MTV News about the direction for his up-coming album:
"Salaam (Remi) — me and him have some real chemistry," Nas explained. "He can go from Amy Winehouse to Spragga Benz to come f--- with Nas. The other cats, some of us have somewhat of chemistry, some of us don't. ... [People] shouldn't trip off the [album's] title; the songs are crazier than the title."
Other artists/producers expected to appear on the album are DJ Toomp, Jermaine Dupri and Diddy.
10/17/2007Def Jam Says Controversial Nas Album Does Not Exist
Nas has clashed with Def Jam over his plans to drop his controversially-titled new album Nigga in December - because the record label does not have any of the rapper's new material scheduled for release this year.
The Hip-Hop Is Dead star announced his intentions to test race issues with the new album during a Friday night show at New York's Roseland Ballroom - but bosses at Def Jam are only aware of the release of his Greatest Hits album - which will hit stores in November.
A source close to label CEO Antonio 'L.A.' Reid tells FoxNews.com, "There is no album release by Nas on the release schedule at this point.
"And they would be unlikely to release an album with that title. How would that look at Wal-Mart?"
However, representatives for both Nas and Def Jam have confirmed to AllHipHop.com that the new LP will stick to the sensitive title, Nigga
10/26/2007
