Are Nas Ku Klux Klan Lyrics just Offensive as Dej Loaf’s Nazi Lyrics?

This was my rationale for playing “Try Me” over and over again, but I felt conflicted. My immediate thought was other races that like the song and repeat that line when they sing it. Imagine going to a club and everyone saying ‘hate niggas like a nazi” which seems the likely scenario based on the popularity of the song. Black folks, how would you feel?

I bet that most black people don’t care and they probably will join in and start singing the song with the crowd. This brings me to my next point of Hip Hop and its culture and music being a reflection of society’s perception and realities. The fact that we have an epidemic of people devaluing the lives of black people is reflected in rap songs. There is a lack of compassion for the humanity of black people; this sentiment sadly and strangely includes black themselves. Hip Hop producer and activist David Banner mentioned this psychological effect while appearing on CNN. He said “Our situation is more psychological than people will admit. Black kids kill Black kids for the same reason cops do. They see no value.”

Is Dej Loaf or any artist responsible for trying to change this thinking? Does echoing the attitude of society regardless of how wrong it is in their songs contribute to the demise of that society? I think yes and yes, but I don’t feel I’m in a position to judge and convict the artist. Is that wrong?

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  1. In that video, they’re flashing “kkk” (the sign language fr\or “k”, @ 3:02) and some other hand sign the klan uses too, in that video. the kkk is probably funding it…pays for mentioning their organization, foe “re-branding.”

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