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Nas Show in Canada Cancelled, Reasons Unclear

Tuesday, September 4, 2007
By: Kenny Rodriguez


NasNas has been pulled from a “Rock The Vote” concert in Canada as organizers cite various reasons, including a policy against all hip-hop acts and protests against violent lyrics.

The Queensbridge rapper was set to perform in Ottawa on Oct. 1 during an event to encourage concertgoers to vote in upcoming elections.

However two weeks after he was confirmed, organizers announced he has been banned from the venue.

According to Canadian news sources, there are several reasons behind the event’s cancellation including a blanket policy banning all hip-hop performances.

Several organizers have explained that the venue, The Congress Centre Room, is not built for a musical act.

Yet others insist that the cancellation is due to several of Nas’ songs which promote gun violence.

Similar complaints arose in Blacksburg, Virginia, where Nas is scheduled to perform at Virginia Tech University on Thursday, Sept. 6.

Several families of shooting victims protested against the rapper, citing tracks like his 1999 song “Shoot Em Up” which includes the chorus: “Shoot ‘em up, just shoot ‘em up / Kill, kill, kill / Murder, murder, murder.”

Despite complaints, Nas is still slated to perform at Virginia Tech.



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These fags are making me ashamed to be from toronto/canadian. MaF*ckas baby us too damn much. Shoot em up vs. Black girl lost, i can, your the man, and the list motheF*ck*n continues. -deuce.
Posted by 5thIncredible
Its embarrassing that a hip hop artist who always been dead set on bettering himself and coming up the best way possible is banned from something like this for a few songs that carry that message the comparison of nas good message to bad message songs is stifling
Posted by stillill
This is the man who also made "i know i can". Funny how they remember the negative sh*t that happen 10 years ago and forget the positive sh*t the man every day
Posted by zuese
Hip hop is dead
Posted by big e
That's retarded - even shakespeare got sex, violence & all that in his plays .... Maybe they should ban that too
Posted by ruffryder
Wow us vs them 4real!!!
Posted by soo ugly
Damn, he should come to vancouver bc
Posted by Hotjoint
Duh its cuz canada sucks balls
Posted by Thizz
Yo i was so stoked to hit that show up, my buddy told me about it but yea then it got cancelled, the reason was apparently cuz they didnt allow hip-hop acts at the venue
Posted by El Colombiano
Damn! is it jus' me or is is that too many artists' shows have been getting cancelled lately... Looks like white countries are shutting their doors on hip hop. Could it be bigger than it seems? like say, the u.s government is conspiring with other countries to shut us down by cancelling shows which by the way is how rappers get paid? or does hip hop need a moment for soul searching? a moment to rexamine it's message and realize there's a lot more we can talk about besides guns, rims, drugs and hos...? anyways, bottomline - canada sucks balls! keep ya head up nas.
Posted by med'mo
I think it's all nonsense, people should know that a song never killed anyone it's the gun toting human. I love nas music i'm not bothered by the violent lyrics. I'm not a violent person. All i need is one mic
Posted by kpacmaen
Oh who gives a F*ck?? we have a superstar on the rise like souljaboy who has the country crankin it up and is zoomin up the billboard charts and we have this nonsense on the news section?!?!? off with the nbs staff's head!!!!!!
Posted by buzz aldrin
Canada almost sucks as much as i do.
Posted by Ease Graffito
Buzz, you sound stupid on sooo many levels. If you don't care then don't read. Click on some other sh*t, period. Zuesus said it best, don't matter how much good you do, people just focus on the negatives. That "shoot em up track" is the definition of fire, but it didn't make me want to go shoot n*ggas. They should ban stupidity, that sh*t makes me wanna kill people.
Posted by ItWasWritten
He's coming to vancouver n*gga oct 4, cop a ticket quick!
Posted by Nas is coming...

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