Nas Comments On Kendrick Lamar's King Of New York Claim

In case you have been under a rock for the last couple of days, let me do a recap of what's buzzing right now. Like 5 days ago, Control, a Big Sean song hit the Internet which had verses from Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electronica. On his verse, Kendrick spazzed out, putting himself in the same league as Jay Z, Nas, Eminem, and Andre 3000. He also called himself the King Of New York...and also called out some of his peers like J.Cole, Drake, Big Krit and so on, saying they were his homeboys, but his plan is to murder them (lyrically). Anyway, a lot of people have responded to Kendrick's claim to the crown of the King Of New York, and also the fact that he left out some rappers names when he mentioned some of the greatest. Joell Ortiz, Papoose, Lupe Fiasco and Cassidy have recorded responses using the Control song instrumental. Nas, was caught during a Hennessey concert, and Hot 97's Miss Info asked him what he felt about the Kendrick verse. It was clear he didn't want to speak much on it, cos all he said was...





"Wow! My reaction is wow." After further probing, he said..."I love hip-hop right now. ... Certain fans like certain eras of rap, certain fans are not up on certain eras, so they don't really remember all of them. Yeah, yeah, yeah, KRS-One, MC Shanand all the way to Busy Bee. This is what hip-hop is all about." It was clear Nas didn't want to really speak on the issue, so Miss Info redirected him to the question again, and he said..."You gotta ask him [about that line]. [Was I offended?] I'm a listener." 







follow this link to watch the interview- Miss Info Nas Interview