Nas Awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Medal at Harvard University

    Nas was honored with the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal during a ceremony at Harvard University yesterday (September 30).

    Nas is the first rapper to receive the historic award for his contributions to culture, human rights, and the arts central to the African and African-American community.

    “Historic night for the rap game,” The Queens native says in an Instagram post. “At the Hutchins Center Honors for the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal ceremony. This is a first for the Rap Game to receive this award but, definitely not the last. Thank you.”

    The W.E.B. Du Bois Medal is the highest honor in Harvard‘s African-American Studies field.

    Among other 2015 W.E.B. Du Bois Medal recipients include boxing legend Muhammad Ali and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

    In 2013 Harvard honored Nas by creating the Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellowship.

    The fellowship provides selected scholars and artists “with an opportunity to show that “education is real power,” as it builds upon the achievements of those who demonstrate exceptional capacity for productive scholarship and exceptional creative ability in the arts, in connection with Hiphop,” according to the Hutchins Center’s website.

    Nas’ Instagram post is as follows.

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    19 thoughts on “Nas Awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Medal at Harvard University

    1. Nas should also recieve awards for being the most broke rapper in the game, and taking the most L’s out of everybody. How did this illiterate dumbass get an award like this? Maybe Jay Electronica did a majority of the work for him, but Nas’ greedy ass wanted to slap his name on all the work. Fuck this loser!

      1. If Nas a loser, rap music is dead and what are the other rappers! Garbage! Nas is the truest and you can’t be broke when you are estimated worth millions dumb fool! Is Nas your broke? Hell to the naw! You are a fool! A retarded fool!

    2. Much deserverd award for Nas an rest in power to W.E.B for his efforts in the human rights struggle… Black on black love

      1. “Human rights?!!!” What did he actually do in this field?!
        Love his talent, his sound etc. Sadly I feel like he rarely uses it for the greater good.

    3. “Human rights?!!!” What did he actually in this field?!
      Love his talent, his sound etc. Sadly I feel like he rarely uses it for the greater good.

      1. well obviously your wrong you eff your feelings…I seriously doubt a board of Harvard elects would rewards a man with a honor named after the honorable W.e.b Dubois for nothing more than music….fall back and salute the man….recognize a king when u see one

      2. Im pretty sure its for the song “I Can”. I know I can, Be what I wanna Be.
        Be, B-Boys and girls, listen up
        You can be anything in the world, in God we trust
        An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
        But nothing comes easy it takes much practice

      3. Are you serious right now? Nas is the lyrical Genius that every other rapper wants to be… The names you mention will not be even be mention in 1 more year… Nas catalog is a lifetime. Nas is in the Hall, broh! Nas is the GOAT of this rap shit! Bar none!

    4. What an honor and this guy is quietly gong about his own business. Why isn’t he on the forefront of the music industry?

      1. Bc Chief Keef, Rich Omie Quan, Homo Thug, Fetty Wap… you know… the new “Talent”… Fetty Wap is like Nas on stereoids, Nas can’t never tough Homo Thug, lyrically.

    5. lol

      “How can we be seen as even more tolerant and current?”

      Lets give the black boys rapping a medal and a pat on the head.

      #harvardlogic

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