((Harlem)) Nas’ Christmas Dinner in Harlem, Serves HIV/AIDS Community

Nas was spotted at NYC’s Melba’s 125 to assist serving Christmas dinner to those affected or infected by HIV in the Harlem community.  The annual event is coordinated by Maria Davis, a music industry turned activist, in which Christmas dinner is served.

Nas told MTV News, “This event is Maria Davis’ thing. She’s HIV-positive, a part of the community of Harlem, so she does her thing for [the] holiday season for the people who are infected by AIDS or affected by AIDS. I came through [on the] strength of her friend Melba, who owns Melba’s Restaurant — great soul food on 114th street here in Harlem. She called me [and] I came through just for the support. For me, it’s like I can’t get away from the community. The community is in me so giving back is important.”

Nas also talks HIV/AIDS in the African-American community, “The thing about AIDS is you start to raise your eyebrow at how it affects certain communities. [The] homosexual community [and] African-American community was really the first [to report cases of HIV infection], right, so, kinda, those two communities got blamed for it — even almost like they invented it. That’s not the truth. So it’s affected everybody now, every community. It makes you want to learn about it. When Eazy-E caught it … and my man Magic Johnson, it touched us. But then we waiting, like, to see what’s next [and] that’s not cool. So my whole thing is to learn more about it.”