But count your blessings, count your blessings.” – “Count Your Blessings,” 2010 (Distant Relatives) “You should know there’s only one Nas y’all. But Jesus never wound up paying $50,000 a month in child support. Cynically speaking, the only thing Nas might have in common with Jesus is that they each loved a loose woman. “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.” -John 14:12Īfter making a Hip Hop song about carrying a cross (“The Cross”) or crucifying yourself in the “Hate Me Now” video, one can wonder how literal Nas took his mother’s words. Jesus, what is he like?” – “Revolutionary Warfare,” 2002 “When my mama told me, nigga, you could be Christ. “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” Revelations 22:13īy calling himself “God’s Son,” Nas is arguably telling the listener that he’s Jesus Christ, the same person he snuffed at 12. “And Jesus Christ was revealed as God’s Son by his baptism in water and by shedding his blood on the cross,” 1 John 5:2 I’m the man’s man, a rappers rapper, GOD-SON, they’ll be none after.” – “Last Real N***a Alive,” 2002 “And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people.” Matthew 24:11įalse prophets? Like the rapper from Queensbridge calling himself the messiah or “God’s son,” perhaps? He was in his mid-thirties when he wrote that lyric. “You ain’t as hot as I is, all of these false prophets are not messiahs.” – “Queens Get The Money,” 2008 But no matter how talented he was for his age, he wasn’t an adult.
He wanted to be heard, and blasphemy was a popular trend in Hip Hop at the time. Nasir Jones was around 17 when he wrote that line. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.” “And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ. “When I was 12, I went to hell for snuffing Jesus.” – “Live At the Barbeque,” 1991 (Main Source) One of the most polarizing figures in Hip Hop, and greatest emcees of all time has some mixed messages about God. I just go with what I’m feeling.” – Nas on writing his lyrics, įor 20 years, Nas has demonstrated a peculiar relationship with God from the first time we heard him through to his 2010 Distant Relatives project. Why would you say this? That makes you look crazy! This word don’t make no sense. knew that too, but he also knew to tell me, ‘Don’t say this. “I knew about the pen touching the paper. For some reason though, in Hip Hop, it’s okay to disrespect Jesus Christ, then turn around and praise Him. Actors have been blacklisted in Hollywood for making fun of Jews. The views and opinions expressed in the following editorial are those expressly of the writer of this piece and do not necessarily reflect those of HipHopDX.Īrtists have been killed for making fun of Islam.