At this point I'm pretty much over the whole Nicki Garbaj/Summer Jam fiasco, but when I heard that Nas gave his opinion on the whole matter I just had to bring this story up again.
Ever since Ms. Garbaj did what her massa Lil Wayne told her and canceled her appearance at Hot 97's Summer Jam on Sunday because Peter Rosenberg dissed her dance/pop song Starships, everyone has been weighing in on the drama by taking their opinions over to rival hip hop station POWER 105 (like Kendrick Lamar and Lauryn Hill, to name a few), and, like the two previously mentioned Nas also supports Nicki's decision.
"I've been there before and things like that happen every couple of years," he told Rap-Up. "I guess this is the second time something has happened like that between the artist and the radio station. We don't always agree and the nature of hip hop can be aggressive and get real gangsta on you now and then. That's just what it is. These things happen."
As some of you may or not remember, Nas experienced something similar back in 2001 when he had a huge blowout with Jay Z, and Hot 97 wound up taking sides with Jay in the diss traack war (which Nas wound up winning with Ether).
"I think it was just really messy. When you're in the heat of that moment, no one has time to inform anybody, but we spoke after briefly and it seemed like it was a crazy situation for her to handle. When put in that position, it's no easy thing and I guess I was in support of her, in support of Hot 97. I've been there before, so at the end of the day, it could be fixed. it's one hip hop family, let's unify it."
Nas even talked about how his idea of adding Lauryn came about, which sparked rumors that she was added last minute as Nicki's replacement:
"Nicki had asked me to come out during her set and so I figured that would be a great way to go into my show. I only wanted to bring out Lauryn during my set, so she was with it. That's my sister," said Nas. "I don't really keep in touch with anyone except my family. Artists, we're too busy to be in touch, but we've seen each other through the years and it's just love."
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