for using the word. it KILLS me EVERY TIME I hear Mos or Kweli or Common, much less every other rapper, say it.

I AM BLACK AND PROUD that i have gone about 6 years without calling any other Black person 'my n.....'

it's 'coolness' originates as an American thing.
except those white/asian kids who say it nowadays, or have been saying it under their breath since they got their first NWA tape, ITS MOSTLY AMERICANS who say it every day to each other, a million times.

that shit gotta stop. period.

I ALWAYS DISAGREED WITH Q-TIP ON THIS ONE. I DONT USE IT AS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT. AND IF YOU EVER MEET ME, DONT SAY IT TO ME. I'M YOUR BROTHER.

"conscious" title or not, grow out of that shit.

IT WAS FINALLY CLARIFIED TO ME AFTER ALL THESE YEARS -WHY- IT STILL AINT COOL.
BECAUSE RACISM STILL EXISTS. REGULAR, OLD, WHITE MAN IN GOVERNMENT, POLICE, ARMY etc. HATING ALL COLORED PEOPLE RACISM STILL IS WITH US. TODAY.

the word still is connected to its roots. bloody, deadly, evil fucking roots. no pun intended, brother question, or any other okayplayer who still uses that word.

we still have a long way to go....