While Nas is awaiting the debut of his first album for Def Jam,
Hip Hop Is Dead, his baby’s mother, Carmen Bryan, is busy airing their dirty laundry in her new book, It’s No Secret.
Nas was in Chicago
doing radio promotion for his new album on Power 92 with “Trey the
Chocolate Jock” and was asked about various allegations that were made
in his ex’s tell-all book.
When
Nas was asked whether or not he punched Carmen with a closed fist by co-host Kendra G., he said he wasn’t going to defend himself against the book
“because this is the type of person who is after only God knows what.” Nas also said he had no plans to read the book and added that he doesn’t speak to
Carmen, even when it’s concerning his daughter, because “everything goes through my assistant”. He states that he never sees her, even when she comes to pick up their child from the house. Later,
Bryan called the show to refute the remarks made by Nas. According to Bryan,
Nas and her speak often and she spoke with him last the day before the radio show. She also made the claim that Nas not only read the book but helped her outline the characters.
Bryan also says the part about Beyonce‘s breath being the reason Nas refused to date her, was added to the book only on
Nas‘ request.
s incredible rant and says that before signing to Def Jam, he
was offered the President’s job at Atlantic Records, which he turned
down. When reminded that he would have been Jim Jones
‘ boss at that point, Nas responded, “I’m still his boss[laughs]. I am above him. Who’s not above Jim Jones? I don’t know any of his records and I’m not even being
funny. Like I know he’s got a record called Ballin, I hope it sells
some records, but I swear to you, I’ve never heard it.”
Now,
it”s hard to take that seriously, because you’d have to be under rocks
right now to have not heard that track yet. Even Sportscenter is
droppin the “We Fly High” verse, nowadays.
I can’t deal with that right now.” He was also asked about the artists complaining about lack of support at Def Jam, answering,
“The
music should be enough, and sometimes things slip through the cracks.
But people getting mad at Jay is corny. Especially someone like LL Cool
J. He’s too old of an O.G. to be mad at Jay. He’s been at Def Jam
since we were kids dreaming about being on Def Jam. We gotta get off
this bullshit ’cause I never remember those artists talking about any
white executives. That’s some slavery shit. If my record comes out and
goes wood, I can’t blame Jay because it’s my doing.”
When he was asked about other hip-hop artists success he said, “I want to see 50 own the Empire State Building and Jay own fucking 12 basketball teams. I don’t have an
issue with anybody that’s in a position of growth. It’s only when
they’re cooning that I get embarrassed. Some of these niggas are
buffoons. Muthafucking are buying You Tube and we’re renting yachts
that they own, talking about, ‘That nigga’s shining, and I’m not.’
We’ve got to really think about the big picture, dude.”