Fat Joe has stepped in to defend Nas from the hefty criticism he received from MC Shan.
The former Juice Crew legend dissed Nas last month for seemingly not including him on the bill for Mass Appeal’s epic Yankee Stadium concert celebrating Hip Hop’s 50th anniversary.
After catching wind of his scathing comments, Joe defended the Queensbridge rap legend on Instagram this week, saying he heard that Shan is “impossible” to work with.
“I did my little one-two journalism, a.k.a. getting to the bottom of it, and they say [MC Shan] is kinda impossible to deal with,” he began in the video. “They tried as much as they can… Sometimes. unfortunately, our pioneers stand in the way of their own bag.
“I do not know why. I have spoken to them over and over again … I’m doing just fine, but my pioneers — I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the pioneers. So sometimes when I can talk to them, I sit down and be like, ‘Yo, you can’t get the bag doing this and that.'”
Joey Crack then recalled a time when another unnamed NYC Hip Hop pioneer was going to have a street named after him, but the city went in another direction after he asked for $50,000 in exchange for the honor.
“There was one pioneer who was getting a block named after him,” Joe continued. “The day before … he said he wanted $50,000 cash in the bag to New York City, to the fucking mayors and all that! If he don’t get $50,000 cash, he not showing up.
“Well, guess what? The next day, they showed up with a new sign that said ‘Hip Hop Boulevard’ or ‘Hip Hop Way,’ and he had a block that was gonna be named after him!”
MC Shan took to Instagram in July and aired out his frustrations with his fellow Queensbridge native, who has been involved in several Hip Hop 50 campaigns alongside Mass Appeal.
“I’m sitting here hearing that Nas is doing these muthafuckin’ 50th anniversary shows, right?” Shan began. “Nas, if you doing 50th anniversary shows and you ain’t holla at ya mans, let me tell you something, my n-gga, don’t never mention my muthafuckin’ name again.”
Nas has yet to respond to MC Shan. Despite the 57-year-old’s grievances, the Illmatic lyricist has frequently shown love to Shan, including on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in February.
During the interview, Esco recited lyrics from Shan’s classic 1985 song “The Bridge” while calling it one of his favorite rap songs of all time.
“It was a song about my neighborhood called ‘The Bridge,’” he said. “And MC Shan — this came out in 1985, I was very young, and it was a Hip Hop anthem.
“He said in the last verse, I’m paraphrasing it: ‘Dead dreams, bought and sold/ You gotta try and receive your goal/ However you do it, however you may/ Don’t ever listen to what nobody say/ ‘Cause I will tell you the deal/ You gotta go by what your heart feel/ ‘Cause if you don’t, you’ll be misled/ By stupid little things put inside your head.’”
He continued: “That verse, when I heard it, it was like gospel. This is what I have to be aware of.”
Thing is, nobody needs to defend Nas because he’s shown his love and appreciation to the culture. Seems like most hip hop heads know Shan is buggin’ the fuck out.
Facts
Being knowledgeable of hiphop does not make nas a good rapper. Jay z crushes him
You bugging Jay z ain’t never crushed Nas
Child.
Obviously someone with the title FuckQueensbridge has an axe to grind, and a sad story to tell.
Shan already said he was trippin’ when he said what he said about Nas. It’s squashed
MF’er Coked Shan
IN HIS DEFENSE…. Of course he’s difficult. Shan’s been messed up since that whole bridge is over nonsense. He’s been on the defense since KRS destroyed his career over that fake beef and nobody of his own crew stood up for him for 1 second. Must have been a tough nut to swallow and KRS was a b!tch for doing it like that over something fake. KRS knew damn well that Shan never said that hiphop started in QB just like Tupac knew biggie never would even dream about setting him up. All to get ahead in the rat race, rappers been throwing their friends and peers under the bus for decades and will continue to do so. Do you see rockers pull that dumb isht???
Yeah rockers actually do dumb shit like that and worse, they throw each other under the bus all the time. Fighting over who gets to sing lead, getting side solo deals and leaving they’re bands in the dust, leaving they’re current band for a more popular one, they do bitch shit all the time you’re just biased.
Facts. Only in hip-hop.
Seems like every time Shan starts getting respect, he’ll do or say some crackhead sht and fck it up. He’s his own worst enemy, killing his legacy.