MC Shan Issues Apology To Nas After Viral Instagram Rant

BYLavender AlexandriaPublished on August 11, 20231391 Views

Nas at Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Live held at The Novo on August 8, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)

MC Shan is walking back on a hostile Instagram video he posted and apologizing to Nas.

Last month, MC Shan made waves for a video he posted to Instagram criticizing Nas for not including him in any Hip Hop 50-related activities. Nas teamed up with Mass Appeal to executive produce a series of EPs and shows paying tribute to the entire history on the genre on its anniversary. In a now-deleted Instagram video though, MC Shan was furious about not being included. "Nas, if you doing 50th-anniversary shows and you ain’t holla at ya mans, let me tell you something, my n*gga, don’t never mention my muthaf*ckin’ name again," he said in the clip.

Now, the former Juice Crew member is issuing a public apology. “I gotta give a big apology to Nas because I listened to folks that don’t even know they’re talking about him like that," Shan begins. He explains how misinformation provided to him by others resulted in him misunderstanding the situation. "I apologize for stepping outside of my character when I should have muthaf*cking thought of it as a businessman,” he ultimately concludes. In the caption of the post he summarizes the video. “I HAVE TO NOT SAY IM SORRY BECAUSE IM NOT A SORRY N*GGA BUT MORE ALONG THE LINES OF I JUMP THE GUN .. SO @NAS ACCEPT THIS I JUMP THE GUN REAL MAN I F*CKED UP.”

MC Shan Walks Back On Nas Comments

Nas himself has been busy recently. Just a few weeks ago he dropped his new album Magic 2. The project is his fifth already this decade in a prolific series of releases dating back to 2020. The album saw him teaming up with 21 Savage and making a track with 50 Cent for the first time in over 20 years.

Earlier this week Nas released the first music video from Magic 2. The video was for the track "Motion" and it's already garnered over 100k views in less than 2 days. What do you think of MC Shan turning around and apologizing to Nas? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria

Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.