SPOTTED: NAS PROTESTING IN FRONT OF FOX NEWS’ HEADQUARTERS
As we reported earlier this week, Nas joined ColorofChange.org and MoveOn.org to protest the racist antics of the Fox News Corporation. He is pictured above speaking to the crowd of fans, media and random new yorkers on Wednesday afternoon in front of the Fox News Headquarters. They also delivered more than 600,000 petition signatures to the offices. (keep reading to view video from the protest..)
The rapper, whose album is currently number one of the billboard charts, released a single and accompanying video entitled, “Sly Fox” to bring light to Fox’s unprofessional antics.
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Go Nas…!!!!!!
btw love the new album its hawwtt!!!
WOW! That’s excellent to see Nas actively taking a stand, uniting music with civic duty. I love it!
I’m so happy to see Nas making a difference. Album is pure hawtness! But I only hope that he’s not using this as a publicity stunt to promote his album. C’mon Nas you’re better than that!
i love it when celebrities bring attention to real stuff goin’ on in the world. . smart man.
Ok off topic for a moment. I think today you guys(CL) should create a post asking us what we thought about the CNN special last night Black in America either today or tomorrow so that we could give our own commentary on it. I am really interested to hear what people thought about it because I have my own opinions on it and I don’t think I’m the only one. You guys usually tell us about the specials but never follow up on them. Just a suggestion.
This is interesting. I wonder what the brother’s motivations are with this? I wonder why he has put himself in league with these “civil rights” organizations that he is smart enough to know have no real intention of helping our people. I don’t want to say that this is a coordinated publicity stunt for the album but I’m left with no other choice. I wonder if he realizes what he is getting himself into?
Good for him. We need more activism today.
Go Nas I see he doesn’t just talk about it he is doing it
@ 5 I agree I watched the CNN Black In America too last night
Big-ups to Nas for using his voice for something important. I signed the petition…we gotta fight the ignorance. We need to be proactive before November (the election) comes and we are all saying “shoulda, coulda, woulda” and then try to place blame when it won’t change the outcome. BE PROACTIVE PEOPLE!!! BE THE CHANGE!!! BARACK 2008.
PROUD OF NAS FOR ALL HIS POSITIVITY AND HARD WORK…*DO THE RIGHT THING*
Now That’s What I’m Talking about, Don’t speak about it; Be about It!!!
This may just in fact, erase what he said about Jesse and ‘nem in my book. Last week, what he said was a tad bit disrespectful, but far, far less heinous than what Mr. Jackson said about Mr. Obama……. But, Keep it up the Positivity Nas!!
We need it!
Oh, btw, did anyone catch CNN’s “Black in America” with Soledad O’Brien last night? If not, it comes on again tonight!!
Take a stand! I stopped watchin fox when Bill O’Rielly got off the chain a while back.
Good for Nas!! It opens the eyes of his fans and young people. When a rapper gets involved and young people don’t get involved they are made aware so they can’t say they didn’t know! They look at artists for fashion, music and swagger so why not for world or social causes?
Maybe Nas is tired of hearing Fox make sly comments and passing it off as dry humor? He really put himself out there with this one!!
If anyone knows Nas he speaks out about things all the time. FOX has been disperepecting our people way to much lately. This is good for him to take an active role in the current situation. FOX is using the media a vehicle to make us part of a joke . Keep on doing it NAS. When other celebs marched w/ Jenna 6 and Katrina there wasn’t any suspicion then. Give him luv.
LOVE IT!!!!
Go Nas! I love the “Sly Fox” song and video. Very true!
I’M NOT SURPRISED BY NAS MOVE…HE USUALLY SPEAKS HIS MIND ON ISSUES.
AND NO I DON’T IT WAS A PUBLICITY STUNT…NAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH FOX NEWS/BILL O’REILLY SINCE THE VA TECH CONCERT INCIDENT…
We’ll see if this is indicative of a sincere, forthright move by Nas that will be the first of many moves by him in the future. Nas has to be ready to appear on programs and get interviewed by whites that hope to entrap him in his words and confound him and I honestly don’t think he’s ready for that. The brother is too double-minded. The song is an excellent song but even the song is on a whole other frequency from this petition nonsense. Nas knows that he is a king. That therefore means that he understands that king’s make decrees, they don’t beg their enemies for leniency. Black people have a slave mentality, which is why most black people will see something like this and agree with it. This is also why our people can approach an outlet like FOX NEWS, a channel created by and geared towards CONSERVATIVE caucasians, and believe that their opinion will be relevant to how FOX chooses to broadcast their programs. Nas studies this society and he studies the white man so he should be smart enough to know that this ruse will not have any effect in the least.
@JUDAH
Nas has always been a man of conscious thought and it is reflected in his music. He is stepping out because its the right thing to do, and if it helps him sell records too, its a boon for him. Fox has been on some serious bullshit they need to be checked!!
Go NAS!!!
Wow, I just saw the clip. If that cream puff that introduced Nas is indicative of that organization, it definitely cannot be taken seriously.
AS BLACK PEOPLE WE HAVE TO TAKE A STAND, AND IF WE FAIL NOW, I AM NOT SURE WHEN WE CAN HAVE THIS TYPE OF LEVERAGE AGAIN. FOR ONCE WHITE PEOPLE ARE REALLY SCARED, AND IN A TRUE PANIC. JUST LIKE SLAVERY WE OUT NUMBER THEM, AND KNOW WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE OUR SITUATION, SO NOW THEY ARE TRYING ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO DEVIDE US…..SORRY FOR THE PUBLIC ENEMY QUOTE BUT “WE GOT TO FIGHT THE POWER”
Big ups to Nas. He`s a very conscious brotha and a true revolutionary. Not many artists would take a political stand when it comes to social issues. They`re too afraid of rubbing “massa” the wrong way.
Respect to Nas for making a stand on something positive and leading Hip hop back to what it was created in part for: to bing light to issues in our community for social change. If I had heard about it in time, I would’ve came over to the protest.
That sly fox is the truth.
OMGosh I’m so proud of Nas. Not only is his album on point but he’s also making a difference in our community.
i guess hip hop aint dead afterall! go nas!
after all these years nas is still a cutie.
Im so glad to see my people do somthing good like this!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE THE NEW UNTITLED NAS ALBUM! IT COULDN’T HAVE COME OUT @ A BETTER TIME. IT’S POLITICALY CONSCIOUS. I’VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED NAS. I BEEN A BIG FAN SINCE 93. ALWAYS WILL BE. NAS DO YOUR THING. MUCH LOVE! REPRESENT!!!
I DON’T WATCH FOX ANYWAYS!!!
SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY!!
I don’t think its a stunt Nas always been politically active!! Gotta love Nas. Kelis has a fine and intellectual black man. gotta love it! smooches
Go head Nas! We need more people like him because he is standing up to what he believes in. Fox News is very rascist I don’t know why they are still on the air.
I am so proud of Nas using his celebrity status to get young people involved in a worthy cause. I am however disappointed in the people on the panel stating that he is wasting his time or that he is doing it to promote record sales. It’s one thing to have white people say bad things about us but then we sit here and talk bad about are own kind. Until Black people can take a stand and truly support each other you right things aren’t going to change. Don’t we have enough people hating on us already?! WAKE UP PEOPLE. Go Nas! Also all of the other celebrities who are going things to help our community and make a worthy cause to uplift our people. Shame on anybody who is trying to turn this into something negative.
@ Judah what the hell are you doing to help black people?? Probably nothing but running yo damn mouth and judging everybody.
Even if it is a stunt like some of you claim it sure is a damn good stunt! better than a marketing planned beef
Judah poster # 17 is absolutely correct.
On another note, I also question the timing of this. Fox has been this way for a number of years and this little protest isn’t going to change a thing….ESPECIALLY since Fox News is the highest rated news channel on cable. I wonder if Nas’ speaking out is because he has a new album (which wouldn’t surprise me at all), or is it that he is one of those Black folk who are drunk on the Obama juice and feels prompted to speak out against any person or entity who isn’t kissing Obama’s a*s?Rupert Murdock and The Fox Network does not have the Black Community’s best interest in mind and it is funny that NAS is JUST NOW realizing that.
It is so funny because those like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have spoken about Fox in the past and it made me cringe when this recent Jackson fiasco happened because I know the Fox Network want nothing more than to see the black community turn on both Sharpton and Jackson and watch them fall. And of course Black folk at it up. That is why the release of the Jackson video and audio was so calculated and planned out. And black people were so outraged because it was about Obama, who the Black community views as practically a god, that we couldn’t even see the calculation, nor the situation at which Jackson was referring.
America and the Black community is in a dangerous position and it is like deja vu. The media became afraid of the Bush Administration and was too afraid to ask questions or criticize Bush or any of his associates. We are again in a situation where anyone, PARTICULARLY IF YOU ARE BLACK, who questions or criticizes Obama is almost INSTANTLY labeled jealous, racist, threatened to be voted out of office, threatened to have their lives taken (Tavis Smiley), or just plain villified. And the sad thing is the Black community is doing this. Our community is DRUNK to the point of our vision is impaired.
Which brings me back to NAS and my wonderment of whether this action against FOX is connected to Obama, in terms of Fox criticizing him. If NAS doing this is connected to his album release, that is exactly what the “old generation” is concerned about when it comes to “passing the torch”. Plus, NAS should have been a bit more prepared, not to mention he should really try to discipline himself about using profanity. The world of Hip Hop, is not the same as the rest of the world, and people will tune him out if he can’t control when and when not to use profanity. Also next time, PULL YOUR PANTS UP NAS! You are having a press conference in front of Fox Headquarters about a serious subject. Trust me, they will not take you seriously.
What Fox stands for is nothing new. Why now? That is the question to NAS.
@Queen
I’m not judging anyone. I’m just stating my opinion. Do you really think that the viewership that makes up FOX’s constituency will take that petitiion in any regard? Please. You call yourself “Queen” but you speak like a slave. All that being said, Nas is a brilliant rapper, but he’s not a leader. The brother has been compromised by the entertainment industry, plus he’s wants the love of the people. Black people will eventually unite, but it will be behind truth, and only after this society collapses and blacks have no other choice but to depend on each other. The reason why there is always so much division behind these contrived movements and causes is because they are not of God.
@33
Thank you. A sister that sees clearly. How can the brother put himself forth as a leader when he obviously is not mentally prepared to be a leader? That is a full-time vocation. You cannot be a rapper/black leader. The brother wants to stand on podiums with his jeans hanging off his ass and speak on black issues. Hip-hop will not be relevant to our community when it is time for the real leaders to speak.
Wow Nas! I am not a big fan of his but I have a new found respect for him after this! Impressive
#5, BKLYN-BELLA, in reference to the CNN Special. I am sort of on the fence with the mini-series. Reason being is because it shines a bad light on the negatives of our race. Like the one last night was about the single parent. It just really opens my eyes and others on issues with our race, but its like damn is CNN mocking us or what….maybe I am looking too much into it, but it’s like WTF. CL please do a post on the series again, so we can get some feedback on the series. BB thanks for pointing that out, I was thinking the same thing yesterday. Also I am so sick and tired of Fox, they are the most right winged News channel. And it is an outrage how this channel keeps up with their crazy racist antics. I mean they have gotten so bold to not even sugar coat the racism on that channel!!!!! It is a D*mn shame that it is 2008, and we are still going through this nonsense. SMDH!!!!!!!
Now go over to CNN and boycott that dirty laundry that was expose on that white network last night!!!!!
Nas,his motivation for protesting corporate owned Fox News is not a mystery,it is really quite simple,Fox News is trying to bring racism back,which is immoral, to where it was in the 1950s,and Nas is politically conscious and aware enough to understand that if people remain silent,Fox News, is going to win and succeed in doing that.You do not need some secret motive to protest Fox,with their brazen racism they are giving Black people a clear motive to protest them. The bigger question is, where are our so called black leaders on this issue? Why isn`t their a big commotion and protest against corporate Fox News coming from Jackson,Sharpton,Obama,etc.etc.,?Not only do they not repudiate,disown and lecture corporate Fox,but some of our black leaders actually join them and go on the show.It`s because corporations own the soul of our black leaders, including Obama,that is why they are mysteriously quiet on this issue.Now Obama had no problem lecturing Black men about personal responsibilty,but he has never lectured corporate Fox News, about taking responsibilty for their blatant racism. It`s because he is owned and controlled by the corporate thugs, who are on his staff guiding him like a puppet.
I SIGNED THE PETITION
Go Nas! Whether it’s to boost sales of his already monumental album or for the cause, I can appreciate him!
He’s a cutie! Go Nas! Still loving Belly to the end! LOL
GOOD for NaS I an going to cop that album! get out there and register to vote people.Get every lazy a** non-voting negro yopu know and drag them down to register and vote! Let’s stop the madness of the republicans aka Repuke sickens”
Judah…does it matter what’s Nas’ motivation behind the petition? I hear people all the time berate Al Sharpton; saying he is a medium whore and all that crap. But the way I look at it is, if it’s a movement that is bringing to the forefront a serious problem facing Black people, doesn’t that alone make it worthwhile? See, we cannot approach our problem with blind optimism – acting as if it doesn’t exist or hoping it’ll go away on its own. Or, we can’t just debate this issue in blogs; we have to utilize every platform available, go to highest mountain and scream bloody murder. We need make to make noise, create chaos, and riot even, because riot is the voce of the unheard. Don’t just look at Nas’ hidden agenda, if there is one, but look at the big picture – he is cutting the grass and exposing the serpent – FOX News.
GOOD LOOKIN OUT NAS! Wish i could have been there to support the cause!
@ 40 Bullets or the Ballot
I like your name…how many people, do you think, know where you got that from?
@39
Bring racism back from where, lol? You think it left? C’mon man. This is the frilly, silly mentality that I’m talking about. Too many chiefs, not enough Indians. Too many negroes trying to speak that have nothing to say. Like the sister, VelvetJ said, just drunk with vainglory because they’ve been led to believe that their opinion is relevant.
why does this make nas even sexier???lol
anyway thats wassup….wish i could go ,some other celebs need to be joining him tho,he shouldnt be the only one standing with our people…..
@Dukesman
That’s Malcolm. Khalid changed it to the “Bullet or the Bullet”, lol.
I don’t like hip-hop have never liked rap music and I was in the generation where it really started coming out. But I think I will get this young man’s cd because he is on a whole nother level. He is expanding his mind and forcing people too think again. And the record industry will not promote this album because this one makes you think. It’s not all about materialistic things and other foolishness that’s in records now.
on another note i swear to goodness that these people on this blog stay NEGATIVE some people might have thought that everything martin luther king did was a waste of time because nothing was gonna change but they HAVE changed…..some of our problems still exsist but you cant say that some things didnt change for the better so to say that protesting fox news will not do anything is just plain negative,if we would come together more often like we did with the jena 6 (which did produce some results) then maybe things would turn out better,instead of sitting behind your computer and saying what wont work how about you put forth a plan that will work,cuz other then that your just talking shit and that definitley isnt working
black people are the complainers of ALL complainers…..but we arent complaining about right things……..like nas the these organizations are doing…. I cant believe some of these comments….and what does it matter what nas motives are….he is someone that alot of young people and the black community look up to and his opinion matters to alot of the youth so him being there alone is speaking to those who may not have known there was an issue or even cared for that matter,so even if he brought a damn lawn chair and 200,000 copies of his cd it doesnt matter because him being there along is enough….and what makes it even better is that he ISNT sitting on his ass in a lawn chair,he’s speaking and trying to make a difference….WHAT ARE YOU DOING?? complaining thats what.
@Dukesman
I understand what you’re saying brother but the fact of the matter is that the only solution to a problem is THE solution, not a solution. Every problem cannot be solved the same way, the same way that for every lock, you have a different key. The FOX news channel is not a hidden serpent, it is an exposed serpent and it’s intent is to communicate with other serpents. That is the point. The channel was never formed to communicate with our people, appeal to our people, nor to appear to. Now when a man like Nas decides to throw down the gauntlet, he should’ve thought this war out to all it’s possible conclusions. FOX News is no more inaccurate or racist then CNN, NBC, CBS, etc. It is just more overt.
A king does not make war unless he has the troops and resources. This brother is a naturally brilliant man, but brilliance manifests itself in different ways. He is an artist, not an orator and he certainly is not a spokesman. What is his plan? Is he going to go on O’Reilly’s show and say, “F*ck ya’ll crackas!!! Ya’ll don’t treat black people fair!”. The first thing that any trained serpent will do is ask, “What is fair?”. The serpent will then go through the constitutional amendments and various programs that have allegedly been enacted for the benefit of black people, i.e. affirmative action, quota-based hiring practices, Brown vs. Board of Education, etc. Nas will get confounded. I gurantee it because, like I’ve said, the brother has been compromised by the entertainment industry and does not want to alienate his caucasian backers. This is why he issued that copout at the end of track 14 on his album. You cannot understand that the so-called white man is a serpent and then appeal to that serpent. You cannot. If you do or think to, what does that make you but the child of a serpent (Rev 12:9-17)?
Bulletts or Ballots i say your wrong Fox is a huge corporation that has massive power. Obama attacking their right wing ways would turn into a political war and you know what you would never see him in office. it takes time and skill for someone of Barack Obamas status. but i do agree where is sorry a** jesse jackson and and sorry old Al sharpton. Nas doesnt need sales as he said dont buy my songs if yall dont roll with it… ill go old with it. think that for once a black activist is not doing this for some cameras. Change is on the way; Vote. Go Barack Obama.
@ Tia and @ Dukesman, thank you very much for your comments I totally agree
@ Judah I speak like a slave because i’m supporting someone that is standing up for black people? lol that makes no sense…i am not concerned with why he is doing it, if he has other motives than that is between him and God, what I am saying is I commending him for standing up and getting black people involved against FOX News who purposely degrades blacks. I’m looking at the big picture.
As for Nas…I like that fact that he is DOING SOMETHING!!! For one..he didn’t have to be there that day…he coulda been on TRL, BET or FUSE, but nope..he was there standing for a cause!!!!
Why are people so worried about how he is wearing his pants more than what he is stating in his message? Its a pro-test…I’ve never seen a protest where ppl are wearing business suits….
I will be watching the Black in America special tonight on CNN…I’m interested to hear the commentary on the black man….
Nas is that dude! I don’t blame him or anyone else for protesting that racist network. like .They have pulled a lot of racist stunts recently and it’s about time they got called out on it. Especially that cynical jerk Bill O’reilly who’s always attacking rap, and not even acknowleding the conscious rap that’s out there. He’s always focusing on the negative. I can’t stand him. Anyway, I would’ve signed the online petition, which I heard recieved over 500,000 signatures, but I found about it too late.
For the people complaining about what Nas is doing, the man isn’t claiming to be a saint. He’s simply being a front runner in a cause he’s believes in. This protest is not even about album sales. If you really knew what Nas’ material sounds like ,you would know he doesn’t even care about them. Otherwise, he would be sounding like every other ring tone rapper these days. This is about not letting Fox continue to get over how on they try to portray our people in the media. If no one says anything, they will continue with these insults.
I kind of agree with Judah & VelvetJ.
Nas’s protest really isn’t gonna change anything. This protest will be a media event for about 1 day, and then tomorrow Fox news will still be…well, Fox news. Just like Judah stated, the whole purpose of the Fox network wasn’t meant to appeal to black folks, so its just a waste of time trying (or begging, lol) for their approval. The only thing that black folks can do is just focus on us, and our community. Stop worrying about what the white man says, or thinks about us.
Obama ain’t sweating Fox news, so why should we? In the end Fox News (or white people in general) are gonna feel this way regardless of this protest.
For the people complaining about what Nas is doing, the man isn’t claiming to be a saint. He’s simply being a front runner in a cause he’s believes in. This protest is not even about album sales. If you really knew what Nas’ material sounds like ,you would know he doesn’t even care about them. Otherwise, he would be sounding like every other ring tone rapper these days. This is about not letting Fox continue to get over how on they try to portray our people in the media. If no one says anything, they will continue with these insults.
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Puhleeze!
Let’s see how vocally he is 8 mos from now when he’s no longer promoting an album.
@Queen
I never said that you were a slave for standing up for someone that you think is supporting black people. I said you have a “slave mentality”. You said that you’re looking at the “big picture”, but I politely beg to differ. You’re looking at YOUR “big picture”; a picture that was drawn by that fake “dream” that MLK sold our people after he was told to teach it to us by the white man. The same “big picture” that’s predicated off of “equality”. Sis, no disrespect but that whole “equality” nonsense is straight up coonism. The Olympics are coming up soon. When the sprinters train, they train to win, they don’t train to break the finish line in a tie. Think about that for a moment. What are the chances of all 10 sprinters in the 100 meter dash coming in a tie? That’s the same chance that the negro has of equality amongst the races. Chinese people on the other side of the world have barred black people from their bars and restaurants in expectation of the Olympics. Why is that sister? This is a spiritual war, not a legislative one, and I don’t care if black people develop arthritis from signing petitions, it will not work. Either you want to be King and “Queen” or you want to be vassal. There is no equal because there are no two things equal in the universe. This is why the white man coined the term “race” in regards to the division of the nations because he plans to win. Petitioning will not win a damn thing. Black people trying to change the nature of the white man is like someone trying to change the nature of a cobra. A cobra was put on earth the hide, bite, slither, and poison. You can’t train it to do anything other than that.
To be the best You challenge the best . Get em Nas .