Key Takeaways
- N.O.R.E. confronted NYC food reviewer Sober Facts during a Lower East Side shoot, urging him to stop using the N-word and saying nobody should use it, including Black people.
- Sober Facts, whose real name is Jason Rodriguez, accused N.O.R.E. of approaching him with six intoxicated people and defended his language as “part of the culture.”
- Despite his heated video response, Rodriguez wrote on Instagram, “Shout out to N.O.R.E. I'm just a young sober guy speaking the facts and trying to make it.”
N.O.R.E. confronted viral New York City food reviewer Sober Facts over his use of the N-word, but the exchange didn't end there.
The Drink Champs host approached the content creator, whose real name is Jason Rodriguez, while he was filming a food review on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
"None of us should say n***a. Not Dominicans, not Puerto Ricans… none of us, not even Black people… so please stop your shit before we stop your shit," N.O.R.E. said in the clip.
Sober Facts later responded with a video accusing the rapper of approaching him with six people who he claimed were intoxicated.
"You say to not say the N-word and you keep saying it… I dare anybody that was there to pass a drug test… nobody in NYC gonna stop saying it, it's part of the culture… you too old to be 'I beat people up' at this age, come on," he fired back.
Despite the heated response, Rodriguez wrote on Instagram, "Shout out to N.O.R.E. I'm just a young sober guy speaking the facts and trying to make it."
