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http://www.georgetown.edu/news/dyson-nas-hip-hop-event.html

March 28, 2014 – The ability of hip-hop to bring wealth to artists growing up in poverty is great, but the genre is lacking in artistic responsibility, rap icon Nas said last night at Georgetown.

“I don’t see enough MCs who are brave enough to be honest,” he said during a talk with Michael Eric Dyson, university professor at Georgetown. “There’s a lot of good stuff and a lot of bad in rap.”

“The socially conscious stuff can come off as preachy,” he explained. “ … some people stay away from that. It’s not their bag, but they still have some kind of artistic responsibility to do more than what’s the latest trend.”

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” – Coretta Scott King

"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge." -Toni Morrison

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Nas has always had intelligent things to say. I have always liked how he has been able to incorporate intelligence and entertainment into his rap.

Glad he's trying to make a change about the status of hip hop. I miss the good old days when it was just about rhyming and battling MC's.

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” – Coretta Scott King

"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge." -Toni Morrison

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

President-Obama-jpg.jpg

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