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Nelly  Photo: MTV News

“Now he’s even bigger because now black folks know who he is. Now we’re tempted to tune in just to hear if he’s gonna say some other dumb stuff. Now he’s even bigger. All we did was blow him up.” - Nelly on Don Imus

Apparently when Nelly releases his new album, Brass Knuckles, on November 13 he will do so with a community conscious.  MTV.COM reports the rapper will feature a track entitled “Self Esteem” with famed Hip Hop Legend Chuck D, and other songs that will uplift instead of tear down.  Nelly says he was inspired to be more responsible in this album after his recent participation in BET’s Hip Hop vs. America Town Hall Meeting.   He also discussed his views on Don Imus and how he believes Black America did not fully capitalize on the Imus Controversy.  Even though it’s clear that Nelly is trying to put out the fire caused by his tip drill credit card fiasco (don’t act like you don’t know), I kind of think Nelly has a point in some of what he says in the article.  Check it out for yourself. Click the link below.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572087/20071016/nelly.jhtml

Source: MTV.Com   Photo: M Szwajkos/ Getty Images 

As many of you know this past Summer in Detroit, MI.  the NAACP held a mock funeral for the N-Word!  The Minority Report had the opportunity to help participate in and coordinate this enormous undertaking.  The criticism of the time was simply the burial may be today, but the resurrection would be really soon. MTV Reports:

The n-word it is.

On Friday night at New York’s Roseland Ballroom, Nas announced the title of his next album: He said it will be called Nigga and released in December. A source close to the project confirmed the name on Saturday. (more…)