Nas, or if you prefer his new name, Nasterisk, and Island/Def Jam are pulling off the cheesy publicity stunt of pretending to take the high ground by not calling Nasterisk’s new record “Nigger” as originally intended. The media is chasing the story like a blind puppy in a meat market and throwing the “N Word” [...]

O.K., I have been hearing about this controversial Nas album title issue a lot and, I haven’t said anything. Here we go!
From Billboard.

Nas’ controversially named new album, “N*gger,” has been changed to an untitled project and will be released July 1 via Def Jam.
What is the point of the damn asterisk Billboard? Looking around at [...]