Niggas vs. Black People

"Niggas vs. Black People" is a Chris Rock stand-up comedy routine appearing both on his 1996 HBO special Bring the Pain, and as track 12 on his 1997 album Roll with the New, which went a long way towards establishing his status as a comedy fixture after he left Saturday Night Live.

He describes "niggas" as a cohort whose behavior is usually detrimental to the image of other black people.

In a 2007 interview, Rock explained that the inspiration for the bit came from the song "Us" from the 1991 Ice Cube album Death Certificate.

[1] The controversy caused by Rock's constant use of the word "nigger" led him to remove the rant from his show.

"[3][4] In the second episode of the first season of NBC's The Office, "Diversity Day", the main character Michael Scott performs a version of this skit, which results in a day-long racial sensitivity seminar for the office staff.