New York Post Columnist Aims Racial Slurs Toward Jay-Z Over Brooklyn Nets Logo

Original Story Jay-Z helped unveil the new logo for the Brooklyn Nets earlier in the week. The rap mogul and part owner of the NBA franchise played an instrumental role in the designing of the black-and-white logo, which stirred up a lot of excitement, especially in the New York City area.

But not everyone’s excited. On Friday (May 4), longtime New York Post columnist Phil Mushnick blasted Hov with blatantly racist comments.

“Why the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the New York N——s?” Mushnick wrote in his Friday’s column entitled, Nets on Jay-Z track. “The cheerleaders could be the Brooklyn B—-hes or Hoes. Team logo? A 9 mm with hollow-tip shell casings strewn beneath. Wanna be Jay-Z hip? Then go all the way!”

Before that, Mushnik wrote:

“What a shock that he chose black and white as the new team colors to stress, as the Nets explained, their new “urban” home—why not have him apply the full Jay-Z treatment?”

Calls to Roc Nation, seeking comment from Jay-Z haven’t immediately been returned. Mushnik nor the New York Post hasn’t returned XXLMag.com’s phone calls as of press time, either.

However, Mushnik did e-mail a response to sports blog, BobBlitz.com.

“Bob – Such obvious, wishful and ignorant mischaracterizations of what I write are common,” Mushnik wrote in the e-mailed message. “I don’t call black men the N-word; I don’t regard young women as bitches and whores; I don’t glorify the use of assault weapons and drugs. Jay-Z, on the other hand…..Is he the only NBA owner allowed to call black men N—ers?”

“Jay-Z profits from the worst and most sustaining self-enslaving stereotypes of black-American culture and I’M the racist?” he added. “Some truths, I guess, are just hard to read, let alone think about.”

On Monday (April 30), Jay-Z explained the Brooklyn Nets logo in a statement sent to ESPN.

“The Brooklyn Nets logos are another step we’ve made to usher the organization into a new era. The boldness of the designs demonstrate the confidence we have in our new direction. Along with our move to Brooklyn and a state-of-the-art arena, the new colors and logos are examples of our commitment to update and refine all aspects of the team.”

The Nets will begin playing in Brooklyn to start the 2012-13 NBA season.