Nigger has caused some strong reaction from civil-rights activists since news of the name hit the streets. The Fox News Web site quoted the Rev. Jesse Jackson and representatives from the NAACP, who warned Nas about using the N-word as his LP's name. “I'm a street disciple," Nas responded, quoting one of his earlier album titles. "I'm talking to the streets. Stay out of our business. You ain't got no business worrying about what the word 'nigger' is or acting like you know what my album is about without talking to me. Whether you in the NAACP or you Jesse Jackson. I respect all of them ... I just want them to know: Never fall victim to Fox. Never fall victim to what they do. If Cornel West was making an album called Nigger, they would know he's got something intellectual to say," Nas continued. "To think I'm gonna say something that's not intellectual is calling me a nigger, and to be called a nigger by Jesse Jackson and the NAACP is counterproductive, counter-revolutionary." Nas also stated that we are taking power from the word. No disrespect to none of them who were part of the civil-rights movement, but some of my n---as in the streets don't know who [civil-rights activist] Medgar Evers was. I love Medgar Evers, but some of the n---as in the streets don't know Medgar Evers, they know who Nas is. The album includes ideas and feelings he wanted to express for years that aren't exactly meant to make you dance or sing along in the club.
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