Nas Needs 'One Mic' to
Dis Hot 97 and
the Rest of the World!
by - Davey D
6/28/02 7:39:40 AM
The Hip Hop community is still buzzing about the choice words Nas had for New York's Hot 97 radio, its popular like deejays like Angie Martinez and Funkmaster Flex and a slew of rappers ranging from NORE to Nelly. The outburst which was aired yesterday on Hot 97's rival station Power 105.1 came after Nas walked out on Hot 97's Summer Jam concert. He was scheduled to headline the event but was told he would not be allowed to bring an effigy of Jay-Z on stage. Nas took offense to their refusal because he was the target of a Jay-Z dis at last years Summer Jam. Needless to say Nas, walked out on the concert and surfaced on Power 105.1 with mid morning jock Deja Vu and dropped some heated words.. Here's a transcript of what he said. If you wanna hear the interview for yourself peep out how
Nas Disses The World

Nas: My people know why I'm not at the Summer Jam. I been bamboozled, hoodwinked and the whole nine. I was told and begged to do the Summer Jam. I was begged to come to Hot 97 cause I had a hot new record that nobody wanted to support except for the streets. I was told to come there and help save Angie Martinez's job. I was told to come there and help save the ratings at Hot 97 by [Funkmaster] Flex. But I'm here to let my people and my Hip Hop community know that I was dissed this morning by Hot 97 and told what I couldn't do on the show. It's really outrageous and really shows that the wrong people are in power.

Ya know.. this Hip Hop thing comes from the streets. We need our freedom. If y'all aren't gonna go fight for your freedom.Y'all are gonna be like those sucker artists who go up to the radio station and kiss A-S-S just to get some air time. Or suck Flex's [dick] or DJ Clue's [dick]..trying to get on their best side so they can play your record. Come on man.. take Hip Hop back into your own hands. Throw a party in the streets for free. Make it safe. Hire the Nation of Islam to protect it. It's time that we take it back into our hands because when its being held in bondage and slavery it's really a big slap in the face of Hip Hop and all the people who love it.

How you gonna tell Nas what I cannot do on the Summer jam stage when its been done. The same acts have been done for or five years in a row. And last year the dis was toward me by J [Jay-Z] and he was all high and mighty. I dropped 'Ether' which was a napalm bomb and they whole crew was running like roaches. And now you got that station over there [Hot 97] crying because they lost. It was an unanimous decision he lost. They played his records like he was dead. It was like a Jay-Z memorial. I'm not saying he was [dead]. Don't get me wrong y'all. I'm not wishing that on any man. That's my brother, but I'm just saying..I'm looking for a fair play and it's really outta hand. I'm not going for it. It's not gonna happen. This is the perfect opportunity. You now have the alternative to choose between any radio station you wanna choose and Power 105 plays everything-old school, new school...

Big up to my man Mike [Mike Saunders-Power 105.1 program director] that's standing right here..Big up to my man Donny Iman and everybody at Columbia Records who are totally behind my back..Also David Bell Grave

Deja Vu: We behind you Nas. The streets are behind you.. because you know what after this you're probably ain't gonna hear none of your records over there but you know what that's OK because we [Clear Channel] have over 1200 stations and we gonna hold you down. I know Colb [Colby Colb is the music director for Power 105.1 ] is gonna make a few more calls, Mike [Sauders] is gonna make a few more calls. I'm gonna 2way a few cats. We definitely appreciate this because this is what its all about. This is real Hip Hop. This is not synthetic Hip Hop.

Nas: This is not synthetic. I have my freedom of speech and I'm gonna say what I want. I'm not worried about a record. I turn on that station and I hear rappers on there talking about their record sales. That's played out. I hear them [deejays] talking about the rims on a truck. What does that have to do with our community? What does that have to do with anything real? Let the rappers talk about it on their records. Y'all don't wanna hear about rims on a truck. I don't wanna hear the radio disc jockey [Angie Martinez/Funkmaster Flex/Fatman Scoop are Hot 97 jocks who all make records ] making records that sound terrible. I wanna hear true Hip Hop music.

This is real. You guys gotta realize that I ate it. They had a 'Takeover' show. That was the song ladies and gentleman. that was the wack record that Jay-Z had trying to come at me. They named a whole show on that station called 'The Takeover' and I ate that. They didn't worry about my feelings. They didn't worry about my feelings when he made song dissing my daughter's mother with derogatory things about women...

Deja Vu: He made two records.

Nas: Yeah.. You have Jay-Z just making records about how much he hates women which really makes me curious. Ya know what I'm saying? And they [Hot 97] just supported that. They support everything that he does. But when Nas-God's son answers him back they team up with the evil. You see its a whole evil empire funded by a bunch of other evil empires with Def Jam being one of them who are giving them money to play all their artists records. Meanwhile the struggling artists have to recreate records that sound like Jay-Z and they're destroying themselves. If you listen to 90% of the rappers they're not even creative. Pick up a 'Stillmatic' album and listen to the song 'Rewind.' Listen to the song 'What Goes Around Comes Around.' Listen to 'One Mic' my people. Let's get real and be creative. I buy all these people's albums and it ain't talking about nothing.

I like Cam [Cam'ron] and everything. He's a good lyricist but the album is wack. Y'all brothers gotta start rapping about something that's real. My man NORE. I love you NORE, but step your rap game up. Nelly-If you trying to battle KRS-One don't follow Nas man. You can follow Nas if you gonna be creative. My next album that's coming out is gonna school a lot of rappers on how to be a man. Because of a lot of these rappers let Flex and them dictate what's supposed to be hot.

Deja Vu: Thank You Nas. Thank you for saying that.

Nas: That's why I'm here to let y'all know why I'm not at Summer Jam. I ain't no sucker. I'm right here. I was raised in Queensbridge.

Deja Vu: Let's give Nas a round of applause from the Hip Hop community.

Nas: This is for all my peoples. This is for the Hip Hop community. I don't want nobody to get it twisted. Word Is Born. This is all about people knowing that I did not dis my fans there at Hot 97. I was told this morning what I could not do and that's why I am not going to close the show. They begged me to be the headliner because Jay-Z is mad at them. He had a fit with them. He had a little emotional attitude.

Deja Vu: That's why you came over here and made the Power switch.

Nas: He had a fit with them. They begged me not to go to Wendy Williams station [WBLS] because Wendy was slaughtering Angie Martinez. They were like; 'Please don't go there because Angie is about to not have a job.' I told them don't confuse me with an Angie Martinez/Wendy Williams beef. I make rap records. They got me in the middle of that so they can boost up their ratings and then they go treat me like a crab today. Which is not surprising which is why part of me feels good for not showing up when they told me what I could not do and that I could take it or leave it and walk. They treated me with total disrespect. So that's why I'm here letting my people know its time to be real. Make your own outlets. Listen to Power 105. Make mixtapes. Listen to Kay Slay. Go get Hip Hop without dealing with that station. Or get some balls. Rappers get some balls. Rappers are slaves.