Monday, March 18, 2024

Nas Selling Black Santa Christmas Sweaters in Support of Prison Reform

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*Nas is selling Black Santa ugly Christmas sweaters in support of prison reform this holiday season.

The veteran MC, who first hit the charts more than 20 years ago, has launched the “Kneeling Santa” crew neck sweater by his clothing company HSTRY. The brand is “a culmination of the rapper’s life experiences, knowledge and inspiration.”

The special edition sweater comes in red, black and green, and St. Nick’s kneeling position is a nod to San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, and his controversial decision to kneel during the national anthem at NFL games in an effort to protest police brutality.

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“Colin Kaepernick recently took this powerful stance, and like him, we love America – but also cannot ignore the injustices we have been seeing and how important our fight is against them,” Nas said in a statement to HuffPost. The site notes that he joins other rappers including Drake, Kanye West, Gucci Mane, and 2 Chainz, who have previously released a line of Christmas sweaters.

Proceeds go to a non-profit called Center for Court Innovation. The organization “seeks to help create a more effective and humane justice system,” according to the website.

“Black people have been pushed to the back so hard that it pushes me forward. It makes me want to achieve,” Nas states in the #EBONYPower100 issue. “My goal is to prove that all men are equal and we can all contribute to society.”

You can purchase the ‘Kneeling Santa’ sweater HERE.

In related news, Nas is now among that elite group of artists who are investors in Silicon Valley start-ups. The Queens, New York-bred artist “has quietly metamorphosed into a prolific angel investor — founding the venture capital firm QueensBridge Venture Partners,” per cnbc.com.

The website notes that “the firm (not to be confused with the hip-hop supergroup Jones fronted back in the ’90s) funnels cash into start-ups as varied as health care, financial technology and Bitcoin.”

 

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