Nas, Mainstream?

What was it like to be accepted by the mainstream via the film fest, moderator Gayle King asked Nasir Jones about his up-coming documentary, Time Is Illmatic making its debut during April’s TriBeCa Film Festival. Last evening, the Tanning Of America: One Nation Under Hip-Hop premiere took place and along with King were panelists Nas, Al Sharpton, Fab 5 Freddy, Daymond John and Steve Stoute, author of he Tanning Of America: How Hip-Hop Created A Culture That Rewrote The Rules Of The New Economy. While Sharpten thinks that mainstream fell upon Nas, Nas doesn’t doesn’t think that he’a mainstream at all. “Nas never wanted to go mainstream,” Sharpton said during the discussion. “Instead, the mainstream went to Nas.” Find out the “Nasty” rapper’s response to the question, after the jump.


…& The Drama Begins! Al Sharpton And Barneys NY CEO Discuss Racial Profiling

Today, Al Sharpton met with the CEO of Barneys New York in Harlem to discuss allegations of racial profiling at the high-end retailer, while the New York state attorney general’s office demanded its own meeting with Barneys. “We had a very candid and open meeting today to begin a dialogue,” Sharpton shared after the private meeting with Barneys CEO Mark Lee at Sharpton’s National Action Network office. Lee claims Barneys’ own initial investigation showed no employees were at fault in the two incidents, although he did say the retailer does not allow discrimination at all and would like “to be part of the solution” to racial profiling. Lee also spoke about Barneys’ relationship with Jay-Z, who has been pressure to remove himself from the retailers brand since the profiling allegations started. “We deeply regret that these recent events have distracted from the great work of the Shawn Carter Foundation, and we offer our sincere apologies to Mr. Carter,” Lee said claims. We will have more as the story unravels.


Al Sharpton Backs Up Jay Z During Barneys Controversey!

Reverend Al Sharpton is weighing in on the heavy scrutiny that entrepreneur Hov has been receiving at the hands of the Barneys NY claims controversy, hit the jump for more!


Barneys NY Pledges Policy Review After Race Claims???

After two race claims have come against the Barney NY high end department store, Barneys’ CEO has spoken out, hit the jump for more !


Al Sharpton Tells Bill O’Reilly To Man UP?!?

In a recent interview Al Sharpton responded to Bill O’Reilly’s comments of donating to Sharpton’s charity by telling the boasting Fox News, political commentator, he needs to “man up”! Hit the jump for the full story!


Al Sharpton Is Teaming Up With WHICH Rapper?!

“The Reject Stone,” is a new book Al Sharpton is currently working on. This book explains Sharpton’s life from starting out as a ‘street activist’ to eventually becoming a great civil rights and political leader. Click the jump to see which rapper he is including in the book!


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