Nas Says Rev. Jackson Has No Place Comment on Album Title

Rap star Nas has hit back at outspoken civil rights campaigner Reverend Jesse Jackson for criticising the title of his new album N---a. Earlier this week, Jackson slammed Nas for "making a mockery" of the race issue by choosing such a controversial title for his next release - and the "Hip-Hop Is Dead" star is not happy. He tells MTV.com, "If Cornell West (American scholar) was making an album called N----r, they would know he's got something intellectual to say. "To think I'm gonna say something that's not intellectual is calling me a n----r, and to be called a n----r by Jesse Jackson and the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is counterproductive, counter-revolutionary. "I'm a street disciple. I'm talking to the streets. Stay out of our business. You ain't got no business worrying about what the word 'n----r' is or acting like you know what my album is about without talking to me." And the star - born Nasir Jones - has dismissed reports of a rift between him and his record label, Def Jam. He adds, "I don't know where that (report) came from and neither does Def Jam. None of us knows where that came from." Nas is expected to release his new material - under the slightly adjusted title of N----r later this year. http://www.thebeatstlouis.com/cc-common/news/news_music.html