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Nas Delivers Petition Against Fox News

Thursday July 24, 2008

Here's one thing separates Nas from his rap peers: he doesn't simply rap about the issues he cares about, he takes necessary action to further his message. After sticking it to Fox News Network on one of his new songs, "Sly Fox," Nas led an army of protesters yesterday to deliver 620,000 petitions against the network. The effort was orchestrated by Moveon.org and Colorofchange.org, who called on the network to stop its racist attacks on the black community.

Nas was something like a spokesperson at yesterday's protest. He even read the petition out loud in public. Watch the video below: Photo by Joe Corrigan/Getty Images

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July 27, 2008 at 3:02 am
(1) Reba Duncan says:

It makes me proud to know that young rappers are
in touch with racist Fox News and their attempts
to disrespect Sen. Obama’s Family.

Nas, you have earned my respect for speaking up and out!! Keep up the good works

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