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I didnt get the pic of the beat dancer. who was wearing pink sorry.

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1 is opening Prayer

Sept 27, 2008

The Parade was to start at 11am. No it wasn’t b/c of African time. Lol  It didn’t start until 12:30 - 1 p.m. Due to the United Nations,  Its route was down 2nd Ave btwn 54th and 46th st to Nigerian House.

More young people attended the Parade then Adults this year.  Most were there with friends in groups. Even the rain couldn’t stop them from showing up. It was said 2 be

Heavy rain showers threw out the day. As I walked around You could hear people greeting each other some in old tradition to bow to there elders or friends. As I sat on the

Bench eating my food “jollof rice, stew chicken and plantains" which I shared with a 3 yr old I didn’t know. I over heard two women scream old friends who had not seen each

other since grade school in Nigeria. They hugged as if the would never see each other again. It brought tears to my eyes.  Most young people danced and talked about what

After party they would be attending later on or the parties they went to on Fri.

[center]I was on the Big Moose and Under tha Rock Float, Thx guys. i enjoyed [/center]




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT92DdPIe-0

  Great turn out. 

JULY 31   I was born on a tuesday,    Leo's RULE

sorry i thought post said post ur worst accident,    lol

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Welcome and thank the almighty for your life
I do like to know your story
How did it happen

You are alive so tell your story babe?

I was hit by a drunk driver on my way home from dropping my ex-boyfriend off. March27,2006. I was also preg. the car hit me so hard hit knocked my tires n door off, the last thing i remember was screaming today is not my day 2 die. woke up 4 days later. it was hard 4 me temp vision lost in my right eye n limited mobility in my right arm. to make it worst doc said i was never preg. which was a lie I took preg test with my ex n went 2 a doc who confirmed it. I thank GOD n always wear a seat belt.

Ivvey My aunt has been married to her Nigerian husband for over 20 yrs, my best friend's cousin has been married 2 her hubby over 15yr, my younger cousins spent many summers in ng,

OiL Money Baby,

[edit] Foundation of rivalry
The feud between these hip hop legends is widely considered the most captivating of recent times.[3] The deepest roots of the beef may have occurred in 1992 when Nas and Large Professor had a run-in with Jay-Z and Jaz-O.[4] In 1996, Nas refused to re-sing his vocals from "The World Is Yours" for the chorus of Jay-Z's "Dead Presidents II" or appear in its music video.[4] However, the relationship between the two rappers still remained peaceful (Jay-Z even giving a shoutout to Nas in his album liner notes[5]), and the tension did not escalate to full-blown rivalry until after the death of The Notorious B.I.G. The position of most popular rapper in New York (also known as the King of New York) seemed vacant after the death of Biggie, and fans were eager to see who would take over.[3]

Jay-Z continued to show his respect to Nas in 1997 by referencing him on his song "Where I'm From" ("Who's the best MCs? Biggie, Jay-Z, and Nas" and by sampling Nas's voice from his song "Represent" on his own track, "Rap Game/Crack Game". That same year, Jay-Z, who had collaborated with B.I.G., released a song titled "The City is Mine" which seemed to many to be making a claim to the empty throne. The album from which the song came, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, was reportedly originally titled Heir To The Throne, Vol. 1. Nas, the only other rapper in New York with a reputation rivaling Jay-Z's, but who had never received the same amount of commercial success, responded to Jay-Z on his track "We Will Survive" (released in 1999, on his album I Am…), with "But, now competition is none, now that you're gone//And these niggas is wrong — usin' your name in vain//And they claim to be New York's king? It ain't about that", dismissing Jay-Z as a serious rival as well as attacking both his claims of superiority and his continual evoking of B.I.G.'s legacy. In this song Nas also raps about the life and memory of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.

The highly publicized feud between Nas and Jay-Z began as a rivalry between Nas and Jay-Z's protégé, Memphis Bleek. On his debut album Coming of Age, Bleek made a song entitled "Memphis Bleek Is", which was similar in concept to Nas' single "Nas is Like". On the same album, Bleek recorded "What You Think Of That" featuring Bleek's mentor Jay-Z, which contains the refrain, "I'ma ball 'til I fall/What you think of that?", completely biting Nas in one album efficiently. In retaliation, Nas released the single for the album Nastradamus, which contains the quote, "you want to ball till you fall, I can help you with that / you want beef? I could let a slug melt in your hat." which is a direct reference and diss to Jay-Z's friend and labelmate, Memphis Bleek.[4] Memphis Bleek perceived the reference on "Nastradamus" as a diss, and therefore dissed Nas on the lead single, "My Mind Right", for his album The Understanding, stating "And only a few fit in, your lifestyle's written/So who you supposed to be, play your position". Other tracks released before 2000 that may have been subliminal disses include Nas' "Come Get Me" and Jay-Z's "Imaginary Player".


[edit] Direct feuding

[edit] From Blueprint to Stillmatic, "Takeover" to "Ether"
The tension between the pair surfaced on their next releases, as each included aggressive songs entitled "Come Get Me", and various verbal jabs were thrown during subsequent mixtape appearances. The beef bubbled over into the public eye when Jay-Z mocked Nas's Queensbridge, Queens allies Mobb Deep on stage at the Hot 97 Summer Jam hip hop festival, reciting the opening verse to "Takeover", which ended with the line, Ask Nas, he don't want it with Hov.[6]

Nas responded with an attack on Jay-Z during a radio freestyle over Eric B. & Rakim's "Paid In Full" beat, dissing most of the R.O.C. members — specifically, Jay-Z, Freeway, Memphis Bleek, and Beanie Sigel. Initially, the freestyle was untitled but was later called "Stillmatic", perhaps aimed to promote his new album Stillmatic (It is also called "H To The Omo" as a direct reference to Jay-Z's song "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)". This freestyle contained the rhyme "Is he H to the izzo, M to the izzo? / Fashizzle, you phonie, the rapper version of Sisqó." Jay-Z may have inspired this track not only with his Summer Jam performance, but also with his 1998 track "Is That Yo Bitch?" which alludes to Jay-Z sleeping with Carmen Bryan, the mother of Nas' daughter.[4]

Almost immediately, Jay-Z responded with the re-written track of "Takeover" for the The Blueprint, on which he added a verse (the song originally only addressed Prodigy of Mobb Deep) that attacked Nas for never matching the critical success of his debut Illmatic. He rapped these lines towards Nas:

Use your - BRAAAAAAAIN! You said you been in this ten
I've been in it five - smarten up Nas /
Four albums in ten years nigga? I could divide /
That's one every let's say two, two of them shits was doo /
One was - NAHHH, the other was "Illmatic" /
That's a one hot album every ten year average /
And that's so - LAAAAAAAME! Nigga switch up your flow /
Your shit is garbage, but you try and kick knowledge?
This is the first direct diss track toward Nas and it contains the lyric: "you-know-who/did you-know-what/with you-know-who/But lets keep that between me and you (for now)." Later on, both Jay-Z and Nas stated that this line is in reference to Jay-Z sleeping with Carmen Bryan. The Blueprint also contains an opening track titled "The Ruler's Back".

The song was well-received by hip hop listeners, and listeners and reviewers immediately dismissed Nas as a contender and feared for the end of his career.[citation needed] Therefore, it was a surprise when Nas responded with a greatly acclaimed track entitled "Ether" from his album Stillmatic, in which he mocked Jay-Z's early years as an aspiring young rapper (in which he supposedly idolized Nas) and accused him of being a misogynist. He also explained how Jay-Z exploited The Notorious B.I.G.'s legacy by stealing his lyrics and claiming that he is a better artist. "Ether" contains a Screwed vocal sample by Tupac Shakur from "Bleep Friendz" where he says "mess Jay-Z" and Nas himself mocks Jay-Z's line "I will not lose" from "You Don't Know". He derisively points out that Eminem showed him up on his own album, alluding to the song "Renegade". Nas claims that "The King is back (ill) / where the crown at? (ill will)", claiming that he is the true recipient of the throne after Notorious B.I.G.


[edit] Other direct diss tracks
The positive response to "Ether" created enormous interest in the rivalry throughout the hip hop community, the music media and even mainstream news outlets. Jay-Z responded to "Ether" in a radio freestyle that became known as "Supa Ugly". The first verse of the song is delivered over a sample of Nas' "Got your Self A, ," when Jay-Z claims " I got myself a gun". In the song, Jay-Z dismisses the "Ether" track as being filled with falsehoods and questions Nas' street credibility. The beat of the song then switches up to Dr. Dre's "Bad Intentions", which Jay-Z alluded to an ongoing sexual relationship with Carmen Bryan, the mother of Nas' child. The song also alleges that Bryan also had a relationship with Allen Iverson.

Jay-Z's mother heard the song on the radio and demanded Jay-Z publicly apologize to Nas and his family, to which Jay-Z obliged.[citation needed] In an interview with Rolling Stone,[citation needed] Jay-Z claimed that mentioning his relationship with Bryan was fair game when Nas implied Jay-Z was gay in "Ether". The feud continued to simmer, and rumors of a live pay-per-view freestyle battle began to circulate but never came to fruition.

After the promoters of Hot 97's Summer Jam festival refused to allow headlining Nas to hang an effigy of Jay-Z during his performance at 2002's show, he appeared on Hot 97's rival Power 105 and attacked both the music industry's control over hip hop and the rappers who he saw as submitting to it, including Jay-Z, Nelly, N.O.R.E. and Jay-Z's label mate Cam'ron: "Y'all brothers gotta start rapping about something that's real,  Rappers are slaves." This brought Cam'ron into the Jay-Z/Nas feud; Cam'ron controversially made disparaging remarks about Nas' mother.[citation needed] Ironically, after Cam'ron established his group Dipset in 2005, he attacked Jay-Z for stealing Notorious B.I.G.'s lyrics just as Nas did.

After this incident both continued to go against one another on various tracks, the shots taken including Jay-Z criticizing Nas for his apparent hypocrisy on his The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse album's title track. On "Blueprint 2," Jay begins his diss against Nas in the second verse by attacking his street credibility. Jay also says that while he himself is more successful, he is more generous than Nas with his money. Jay goes on to mock Nas's spiritual persona from Stillmatic and after accusing Nas of using both this appearance and convoluted lyrics in an attempt to appear more intelligent than he is:

Cause the nigga wear a kufi, it don't mean that he bright
Cause you don't understand him it don't mean that he nice
It just means you don't understand all the bullshit that he write
Is it "Oochie Wally Wally" or is it "One Mic"?
In the lines immediately after, he also accuses Nas of hypocrisy for putting out commercial/materialistic-oriented tracks and then denouncing materialism and misogyny on other songs. Jay-Z also says, "My momma can't save you this time / Niggas is history" referencing the public apology his mother made him make after "Supa Ugly" was released. However, Jay-Z raps on a verse saying that he became stronger after "Ether"[7]

Meanwhile, Nas compared himself and Jay-Z to the characters Tony Montana and Manolo respectively from the film Scarface, on his track "Last Real Nigga Alive" from his God's Son album. That track detailed how Jay-Z forced Nas into battling him by attacking him while he was caring for his dying mother. However, the feud died down somewhat toward the end of 2002.


[edit] Aftermath

[edit] Fan response
Debate continues in the hip hop community about who came out on top in the feud. A Hot 97 radio phone-in poll, held days after Jay-Z's release of "Super Ugly" and pitting that track against "Ether", revealed a 58% to 42% split[b][/b] in favor of Nas. After the release of The Black Album, both Nas & Jay-Z paid tribute to each other in interviews. The rivalry also aided their careers critically and commercially. The battle was significant in that it revived the trend of using ‘beefs’ as a source for publicity and promotion for hip hop artists, which became unpopular following the tragic deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie, but now prevalent within the hip hop community.


[edit] Reconciliation
In what can be considered a pivotal moment in hip hop history, the feud was formally ended in October 2005 at Jay-Z's I Declare War concert, where Nas made a special guest appearance and performed the hook to "Dead Presidents" and a few of his own tracks such as "NY State of Mind" and "Hate Me Now". In 2005 at another 105.1 concert Jay and Nas reunited on stage and performed a song together.[9]

In January 2006, Nas signed with Jay-Z's Def Jam Recordings, further emphasizing the truce and raising expectations for a possible collaboration.

Nas and Jay-Z are now business partners and they have toured, recorded and appeared on television and radio together throughout 2006. Jay-Z appeared on Nas' latest album Hip Hop Is Dead which was released under Nas' new partnership with Def Jam. The track is titled "Black Republican". Nas also appeared on Jay-Z's 2007 album American Gangster on a track titled "Success". Nas is also noticeable in the music video for the song "Roc Boys" from Jay-Z latest album, American Gangster.

yo I just jumped on the line , 1 side view picks NAS, I agree Nas is a rapper who thinks. he speaks The truth, jay is only in it 4 the money -plus its been proven he a rhyme snatcher, don't let the media fool u p diddy had more money then jay, it took Lil Wayne 3 yrs n he's 10 xs bigger then Jayz right now, who do u know that can spit a rhyme backwards, Nas, remember what he said in Mastermind, a master mind See's it b4 it comes, If i ruled the world wit Lauren hill. jayz only has street credit nas is like Wu tang clan

London SUCK, you 4 got the UNITED NATIONS, LARGEST NIGERIAN PARADE, Statue of Liberty,5 min 2 New jerzy-which houses most of Nigerians, Big city lights that shine like its day time , London lost its lust years ago. If I'm not in nyc I rather be in Hong Kong or Italy, bean toast sammichs n tea r not what u call good food, putting stunner shades on 4 the time square lights.


where else in the world can u go n see a african man making money every few feet ?

must be answered b4 we can determine if dad can visit,
1 how old is the child ?
2. how old is the father ?
3. did she tell him she never got the abortion?
4. has she told her grand mum who raised the child ?
5. how did he know were she worked since its been yrs since she last seen him?
6. how much did he give for abortion ?
7. has her dad met this man?

LAUGH OUT LOUD Based on genes my dear , What gene does every african share, did the post not say WHY R CHINKS IN [color=#770077][/color] AFRICA, Y is most of blog around nigeria ? o sorry b/c this is a nigerian message board, new post Y r chinks in NIGERIA ?

when i speak of Africa I'm not only talking about Ng, lol still bathing .so you speak 4 ng's youth, when i speak of Africans - i mean Americans, Caribbeans n others threw out world it begans in Africa,

I dont want 2 get off topic of who's on Wall street. just to let you know W.s really exist in midtown, can I when was the last time you sat down and talked wit African youth ages btwn 21- 33, we have a diff view, most sit back b/c there afraid, they feel its a disrespect to the fam, culture and country, taking bath natu natu.

kineti

its funny you talk about wall st,  if you go down to wall or midtown,  you don't see many AFRICANs,  sorry to say I live in the heart of NYC,   Did you see where the united nations asked china to stop suppling war country's in Africa with guns. their reply was we shall supply guns to who ever has the money.  Do you see what their doing to the poorest country in Africa building railroads in return to dig 4 OiL. these people need food n other ways to create some type of stability,    you pin pointed alot in your post.  I agree wit u on .  I just say its time African Youth take control  there  the future. no more standing back n watching from the side line talking about what u have while ur people live like nomads,   ahh  later,

not to be rude but its happening all over AFRICA  the chinese are not only in Nigeria. there in CHAD, Sudan, ZAMBW, Kenya, ghana, Angol ect,    Who do you think has helped supply the guns for the wars THE china-man ,,   I have a friend from Camroon. who grew up in beijing n speaks chinese,    there in AFRICA 4 the Oil, power and the money 419's and Oil Bum's are sitting on. india is no longer the big man,  they made there monies from the west n gave there ASS to Kiss. In july I'm going to Lagos to look for a area to start building on a Wali mart , MAchine shops ect can't really talk about it,   from the post on here I'm afriad to go,

[size=8pt] Maybe your friend has bipolar or was abused by her mum n its her way of her retaliating back,   I use to do social worked wit mentally challenged adults n youths, You might want 2 seek help from a doc 1st.

thanx troof , @ least someone on her understands, yes,

4 him ur wrong, just pointing out how guys will do anything. even lie about being married. n have children out side not caring if it destroys there other home. blah blah I've been married now 4 over 7yrs. I deleted full post b/c people continue 2 say they dont understand b/c it not written in pidgen,

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