New York was hopping over the weekend, after NY Post writer Phil Mushnick claimed in an article that the Nets should call themselves the “New York N**gas” because of Jigga’s involvement. A long time opponent of profanity in rap music, Mushnick was quickly on the offensive following Jay-Z’s unveiling of the new logo for the Brooklyn Nets.
Mushnick held no punches in the article, stating that “as long as the Nets are allowing Jay-Z to call the marketing shots, why not have him apply the full Jay-Z treatment? Why the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the New York N**gas? The cheerleaders could be the Brooklyn B**ches or Hoes. Team logo? A 9 mm with hollow-tip shell casings strewn beneath. Wanna be Jay-Z hip? Then go all the way!”
While many will have seen past the apparently offensive and sensed the tongue in cheek nature of the article, and the political point Mushnick was trying to make, most took the comments at face value and cooked up a veritable storm of controversy in the Big Apple.
In an aggressive and hard-hitting defense of his article, Mushnick stated “did you actually read what I wrote and what I’ve been writing for 30 years? I don’t call black men niggas; my kids never heard the word until folks such as Jay-Z came along. I’d suggest you talk to him about it. What I wrote today was on Jay Z‘s artistry, and only the wishful and foolish would so badly misinterpret and mischaracterize it as you plan to do. Thanks – Mushnick.”
So what do you make of this? Racism or political correctness gone mad?
