Public Enemy’s Chuck D Calls out Kanye & Jay-Z for ‘N*ggas in Paris’

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Jay-Z and Kanye got a hit album out of their Watch the Throne collaboration. The good friends and successful rappers even got one of their biggest hits from the classic studio album thanks to “N*ggas in Paris.” However, the song was deemed a very controversial one because although it became widely popular, the song title’s use of the “N” word made some people uncomfortable. In fact, it caused a lot of debate in society and had many questioning if it is about time for rappers to find a better word to refer to one another than a word that is associated to this country’s long history of racism. Notably, legendary rap group Public Enemy’s front man Chuck D has already been very vocal in the past with his gripes with the song. He told The Times last year:

“Hip hop celebrates those who wanna make a killing instead of a living. I like those guys, but they make me laugh sometimes because I don’t get who they’re here for, other than themselves.”

Well, it looks like Chuck D’s opinion on the song hasn’t changed any, as he recently took to his Twitter account to slam Kanye and Jay-Z because he says they are part of the reason one of his white fans referred to him as a n*gga while he was in Paris (read the tweets from the bottom to the top):

Chuck D also told his followers on Twitter that he feels the record label execs share most of the blame because he feels they wouldn’t allow any rapper to use derogatory names for Jews in their music. Chuck D’s views sound similar to the same ones Scarface expressed recently in which he said Hip Hop is now a conspiracy against blacks.