Nas Pens Open Letter About Race & War In America!!!

The prolific Nas has been very vocal about his social views since last weeks church massacre in Charleston, SC, so Nas Pens Open Letter About Race & War In America.

The hip hop communities outspoken and concious rappers have been weighing in out our countries statis in the wake of the tragic Charleston shooting.

Lupe Fiasco and Killer Mike shared their thoughts and broached the topic of racism. Kanye West did similarly during his freestyle at the Atlanta Birthday Bash event. Now Nas Pens Open Letter About Race & War In America.

This is NOT the first time Nas has been very vocal about his social views. After last week’s church massacre in Charleston, South Carolina, the rapper told Vibe that, “Racism is rotting America.”

On Monday, the 41-year-old highlighted the country’s ongoing battle with racial inequality on Instagram, writing the following message along with this photo.

Nas wrote, for his 1.1 million followers to see:

“This is BIGGER than BLACK and WHITE. This is about America selling a false dream.”

“Now we’ve obviously progressed since the inception of this nation but we took our eye off the ball and it feels as though things are moving backwards. As a black man, I find it difficult to understand that our biggest export (our American culture) comes from us.”

The New York-native went on to add:

“I don’t have all the answers nor do I believe anyone does, but we need to have conversations around how to improve as a nation. How do we show any ounce of progress that keeps hope alive. This is too big of a problem to be solved overnight but there needs to be some questions answered to get things back on the track of righteousness.”