In the arranged screening allowance of the Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York City, Nas premiered "Be A Nigger Too," the aboriginal video off his ninth anthology - at one point called afterwards the abominable epithet, but now larboard artlessly untitled. The abrupt video, directed by Rik Cordero, doesn't aback down from the altercation that's been brewing over the anthology appellation either, cartoon beheld parallels amid Civil War-era racism and avant-garde day prejudice, climaxing with emotionally answerable images of annihilation and automated weapons.
The achievement articulation takes cues from Spike Lee's 25th Hour, with Nas rapping in foreground of the blazon of mirror area Edward Norton gave a memorably absolute racist rant. The blow of the video has the adroit attending of Mark Romanek's video for "99 Problems" by Nas' old battle accomplice Jay-Z. Here, Cordero presents atramentous and white shots of a multicultural arrangement of actors searching at already afflicted and adroit while Nas raps "To all my kike niggers, spic niggers, guinea niggers, chink niggers/That's right, y'all my niggers too."
Director Cordero told Rolling Stone, "I just capital to get the bulletin beyond that anybody suffers the aforementioned affectionate of struggle. That was the challenge, aggravating to say all that in three minutes." A acceptable amount of the faces he acclimated are acclaimed ones, including Harold and Kumar's John Cho and a few actors from HBO's The Wire. "We fabricated a buzz alarm and humans came running," says Cordero. "It was Nas. It was a able almanac which any amateur would wish to be a allotment of."
Nas was aswell on hand, answering questions from the audience. When asked if an edited adaptation of the annoying video could be fabricated for MTV, Nas said he hoped the approach would be advanced and could aftermath on an edited adaptation that didn't accommodation his intentions. Adding, "If not, fuck 'em."
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