This week in Irony: Daughters and Starships

Daughters, in which Nas reflects on the impression his questionable legacy may have left on his now teenage daughter.  How the times he wasn't always present might have contributed to her acting in ways that, although similar to his own childhood transgressions and the examples he set in his lyrics and actions, are not what he would have for his own daughter. At the same time he's realizing that he needs to let her live her life, and make her own decisions or mistakes, and that these are the experiences that make him who he is today.  In the same 24 hour span we have this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SeIJmciN8mo  from Nikki Minaj, which could very well be Nas' worst nightmare for possible daughter outcome scenarios.  It's a song about starships...and how they were meant to fly.  Key themes include: blowing all your money, not paying rent, getting high, and "fucking who you want".   The real irony is that Nas is still perceived as a "violent rapper", and Nicki Minaj is an international "popstar"...now that's gangster.