My niggas. Some niggas that's ready to do or die.

By DMX

Does this artist use the word nigger in the same way that a slave master or a racist has? The answer to this question is a simple one, no. Today's urban society has changed not only the definition, but also the spelling of this word. Which was once used to belittle those of African-American decent. Now, the definition as proved through today's urban youth holds many denotations- positive and negative. Has the definition really changed? Or is today's urban society just being ignorant and socially blinded by the hardships of our ancestors, when they continue to use a word that held such great racial tension when used in the 1800's. Some would state that if you can use your middle finger to point and nothing is meant by it. Why, because it is not used in a bad way. So why not say nigga if it not used in a bad way. Any word can be used as a bad word, like it. The word it is not a bad word. Use it in the wrong way it can be bad. For instance if someone said "This IT right here !

son. "What's up, my nigga?" he says and actually repeats when questioned. Chan receives a beat down in exchange for his "disrespectful" terminology.

The definitions of the word nigger are as follows:

1. A companion, one close to another (You can't talk about Diana because that's my nigga.)

The only way these definitions work is when used by a black people, although members of other races who are impacted by urban culture do tend to imitate their trends including the use of the word nigga. Other races can use it amongst each other. The only race treated as an equal to blacks are hispanics because of their growing roles as minority. A hispanic artist who goes by the name Big Punisher uses the word nigga in one of his songs- "Cause I will ride for my niggas, die for my niggas, puff La with my niggas, till I die with my niggas". One of the conflicts that some people have is what happens when a person of another race uses the word nigga toward a black person? This question was exposed and answered in the movie Rush Hour starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. Chan's Asian character comes to the U.S. and is escorted by Tucker's Black character around town. Chan begins to pick up on Tucker's actions and speech and attempts to mimic it in when in contact with a black per!

After all of the hardships the background of the word "nigger" has proven to have on African-American ancestry, why would urban youth even insert the word into their vocabulary? Why is it most of the time the word used towards another of color? "Because we can". Simply stated by Nina Peterson, a female of urban youth. This is the question that boils in philosopher's minds throughout the nation. Robin Johnson said " It's a saying that means close friend. Like a slave was close to the master. The slave or nigger would never say anything, do anything, bad about him or to harm him. Just like a friend or love one would do. " I read the comments to Ms. Lawrence one of my teachers and she had to say was "That shows how history changes and how we are so influential to be able to change it. When we say it, towards a black friend for example, we're not calling the friend a nigger, but a nigga, which

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