Continuing the push towards next month’s release of his 10th solo album — and continuing his new trend of being more candid about the personal aspects of his life — legendary MC Nas was up early this morning to discuss his “Daughters” single and his overall experience as the father of a teenage girl on CNN’s Starting Point.
Nas explains that having a teenage daughter is a different experience for him, and that even though his chosen profession often kept him away from home and his relationship with his daughter’s mother (who wasn’t too pleased with “Daughters” when the song premiered) was less than perfect, he did the best he could for Destiny, who is 17, and that she doesn’t feel he was a bad father.
“You know, I ask her that from time to time. She says I was great,” he says. “I did my best. But it wasn’t good enough for me. So that’s why I did this record.”
About the song itself, the Queensbridge vet says it was partially a response to her Twitter “act” and some negative things she’d put into the world that had been picked up by the blogosphere. “Daughters” was his way of teaching her while also “beating myself up for not doing certain things that I think I should have,” he said.
Nas also touches on a time shortly after his daughter was born that he had a bit of an internal conflict about the music he made (“For a minute … I thought I couldn’t write anymore. … I started to make records that I thought she could listen to.”) and discusses his use of the so-called “n-word,” saying that, as he gets older, he doesn’t need to use it as much, but sees it as his way of remaining authentic.
“It speaks to a lot of young people in their language,” he says.
Watch the interview in full below. Life Is Good drops July 17th.
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