Nas (Nasir Jones) says 'Got Ur Self A ...' clip warns against senseless violence. In his new video for "Got Ur Self A ...," Nas reenacts the murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. � crimes that many people believe were the violent conclusion of a feud that began on wax.Nas knows what rap rivalries feel like. He's involved in his own war of words with Jay-Z (see "Nas Disses Jay-Z, Endless List Of Others On New LP"), and his Jigga dis track "Ether" recently hit the streets"In the beginning I told Jay we shouldn't [quarrel], ... that the streets obviously wanted us to clash," Nas said. "Nowadays brothers are getting hurt, and he agreed even before I got the words out of my mouth.But it is what it is. This is hip-hop in its purest form. Back in the day you had Bizzy Bee battling Kool Moe Dee. You had Cold Crush battling back then to see who's the greatest." Nas claimed he's representing the art form to the fullest, not only with the songs on his new LP, Stillmatic (December 18), but by referencing Pac and Biggie in his video."I didn't want anybody to get it twisted and start thinking that when Nas comes out with this new album that I wasn't gonna do nothing that wasn't big for hip-hop," he said."I love hip-hop, and they died for hip-hop. And I just wanted to represent their love for hip-hop by reenacting the scenes the last time we saw them. ... A lot of other artists were ripping them off, and I just wanted to pay homage to those brothers in a big way. I didn't want nobody to forget about them, the originators.""I knew both of them personally," he added, and although he was the target of some of Tupac's disses, he claims they made up before the rapper was slain. Because Tupac and Biggie endeared themselves to so many, Nasrealizes there may be a backlash from the clip."I called Suge Knight and told him about it," Nas said. "He was real cool about it. And I think the people should realize that this is hip-hop. It's pure hip-hop, and it's not a dance record. It's not about the girls, ... it's not gimmicky. It's not commercial. This is about hip-hop, and that's what my album stands for, Stillmatic. So if people will go and be mad about that, then they just gotta be mad."One person Nas wasn't expecting to be thrilled with the clip was P. Diddy."We spoke to Puffy, and he was kinda taken aback," he said. "He just said it was deep for him to look at, and it took him a minute to really respond. I had somebody get in touch with [Biggie's mom], and she wanted to get back [to us]. It's a touchy situation and by no way did I wanna throw any disrespect. 'Hate Me Now,' I've been through a controversial video with Puffy and Steve Stoute over the cross thing. And that's one thing � if [the video] doesn't give you goose bumps, then it's nuthin'."Nas said although the song itself is a call to arms, people should not get the wrong message."The song is 'Got Ur Self a Gun,' " he explained. "It's dealing with the times now, with war it's really telling America to wake up. And it also shows you the sad part about war and the sad part about what guns bring. It's not promoting violence, promoting guns in a stupid way or anything like that. We're promoting a reality of guns in this world and what it's done through history and what it continues to do today. And just look at Biggie and Pac. They're gone because of senseless violence. And that's why I really wanted that in the video, so people could see and learn something."

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