Nas and The Nigger Shirt

How many of you watched the Grammy's on Sunday? I didn't get a chance to watch them but Monday I heard all about them. What really caught my attention was hearing that Nas was wearing a shirt that said nigger. If you haven't seen the pictures peep them here:

If your wondering why Nas and his girl are wearing nigger shirts, it's because thats the name of his new album. I personal think it's genius for him to have worn that to the grammy's. Thats the best marketing you can ask for. Wearing your controversial album title to the biggest day in music. Since the pre show coverage was all live the networks didn't get a chance to blur out the word. I want to know how many news ceo's were shitting bricks when they saw that? But also Nas presents in a very good manner. He approaches the subject with intelligence and keeps it moving.

The word nigger has been so taboo for so long and it has such a controversial history. Why not throw it out there? This is going to get people to talk and in a good way. Yes, it's going to have its pros and cons but this needs to be talked about. Nas being a leader in the hip hop community this is just going to bring it this subject out even more. What I'm really waiting for his good ol' Bill O'Reilly to chime in with his two cents. Bill's always see's hip hop as a scapegoat for America's problems so this is going to really get his panties in a bunch. But then again Nas isn't a stranger to controversy himself. I mean his last album was names Hip Hop Is Dead for sakes so this album is just pushing this farther. We'll see what happens when the album actually drops.

Peace

Coffey