Nas career has been full of controversy from his beef with Jay-Z and Cameron to his strong political opinions in naming his ninth studio album in gear only to have it changed to Untitled and now the rapper is Making Waves again for a sculpture created in his honor according
To reports the Dutch national museum of Antiquities recently opened an exhibit called Kemet Egypt in hip-hop Jazz Seoul and Funk which examines the connection between Egyptian culture and black music but what gut folks riled up was the David Cortez statue I am hip hop inspired by Nas famous album cover I am
Where he appears as King Tut following the exhibit’s debut an Egyptian Antiquities expert blasted the museum claiming that it made a grave Mistake by insulting Egyptian civilization by portraying Tutankhamun as black the museum also received an onslaught of negative comments on social media director of the museum Vim wideland has
Defended the exhibit following complaints in a recent statement wygeland noted that while the Kemet exhibit does not have an Afrocentric perspective on Ancient Egypt but it does help to critically examine ideas presented in black music the exhibition does not claim the ancient Egyptians were black but explores music by black artists who
Refer to ancient Egypt and Nubia in their work music videos covers of record albums photos and contemporary artworks wideland began this music often reflects on the black experience in the west and tells stories about the African diaspora and pre-colonial Africa including ancient Egypt he added the exhibition explains that the representations of
Ancient Egypt are imaginaries artistic interpretations of ancient Egypt not realistic images of ancient Egyptians for example the exhibition contains a modern sculpture that represents the musician Nas modeled after the mask of Tutankhamun the exhibition explains that it is a contemporary artwork not a replica the exhibition explains why and when it
Was made and clarifies that it is not an ancient Egyptian artifact
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There's no debate. We know who our ancestors are and we know what the thieving cave dwellers are
The funny thing about these today'Egyptians, They can't tell you how the pyramids came into existence. Yet they think it's an insult to be associated with black culture. Have they really ever looked at the world map? Egypt is in Africa,,,