Rap News Ludacris At War With Pepsi Nas Quits In Race Row.... Rapper Ludacris is furious he was ditched by soft drinks giants Pepsi for being too controversial, describing them as hypocrites for hiring Ozzy Osbourne as his replacement.The hip-hopper - real name Chris Bridges - was axed by Pepsi in 2005 after right wing politic commentator Bill O'Reilly complained he was "vulgar" and attacked Pepsi as "immoral" for using him in their ads.And he's still bitter. He tells the New York Daily News, "(I was fired) just for what I was saying on records. (And replaced by) a man who bit the head off an animal onstage and who has an Mtv show where you have to bleep out every other word. Life is unfair."Meanwhile in other rap news Nas cancelled tour date over 'race' allegations Rapper Nas cancelled a recent US tour date after he encountered "racist" club employees.The hip-hop star and his singer wife Kelis insists they were treated like "terrorists" at the House of Blues, San Diego, California venue on Wednesday (02Apr07) - the night the show was planned, reports AllHipHop.com.Nas explains, "We came to the club, all excited. Couldn't wait to get here.(The tour venues) have been sold out every night. We go to the venue and they ain't let me in. I was outside with my wife and they treated us like terrorists.

"It was a little racist and we just don't tolerate that. I just want everybody to know, don't tolerate any form of racism.

"There is no other side of the story. We had a whole bunch of security guys rush outside to me and my wife like we were terrorists. It's not like I came with 50 guys or nothing. It was just me, my wife, my DJ and my staff for the Hip-Hop Is Dead tour and they came at us like we was Osama Bin Laden or somebody."

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