Nas Daily (a.k.a. Nuseir Yassin) is in the news — again.

This comes after TAFEP (Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices) said that it will be "following up" with the famous content creator for his Aug. 12 recruitment post, which sought to hire a "Vietnamese person" to join his Singapore team.

In response to the hoo-ha, Yassin wrote a rather lengthy post on Aug. 17.

He explained that the Vietnamese teammate would be responsible for Vietnamese content, and will eventually be based in Vietnam.

The employee will only be trained in Singapore for a few months.

Media lapping it up?

Yassin then said that a "small number" of Singaporeans got angry, which the media lapped up and reported on.

Although he says he gets that "drama create views", he also asserts that it's not that big of a deal in reality.

He believes that it is time for the media to stop catering to 3 percent of the voices and creating "fake drama".

Yassin also wrote that it's time to "stand up for himself", and he cited his contributions to the Singapore economy, in addition to reaching 200 million people with positive videos of Singapore.

"Always hiring locals"

Yassin also assured everyone that he will always be hiring locals as the company is building its headquarters here.

A "Nas University" will also be in the works.

It is the first school of its kind in Singapore teaching storytelling and content creation, curriculum he finds much more newsworthy than the recruitment of a Vietnamese employee.

Yassin then quoted Lee Kuan Yew: "I am a firm believer that the more talents you have in a society, the better the society will grow.”

Yassin ended the post by rallying everyone to make the country better.

Here's the post in full, which cannot be embedded:

"Dear Singapore,

I am lucky I can reach you through my channel. Otherwise, it would be impossible to set the record straight.

Warning: Long Post.  :)

Last week, I put up a post to hire a Vietnamese teammate on my Vietnamese page. Nas Daily is growing fast - especially at Nas Daily Tiếng Việt.

That’s why I want the best video maker to join me and be responsible for Vietnam, as they understand the culture. I want to train them in Singapore for a few months then base them in Vietnam.

A small number of Singaporeans got pissed - and the media loved it. “Why not hire Singaporeans?!” “Why Vietnam?!" Media wrote about it left and right as if it’s a big deal. When in reality, it is not.

This should concern every Singaporean. Drama gets views - controversy gets people talking. I get it.

It’s time for media to stop catering to the 3% of loud voices and creating fake drama. And it’s time to stand up for myself.

In 4 months, Nas Daily has brought in $1m to the Singaporean economy. With $2m more coming in soon from our international clients.

In 1 year, Nas Daily reached 200 million people with positive videos about Singapore. That’s more than some Hollywood films.

We hired 5 Singaporeans - some of them great video makers. We are building our HQ here. We’re ALWAYS HIRING LOCALS!

And we're starting a "Nas University" in Singapore to teach locals video making. It’s gonna be the first school of its kind to teach storytelling and content creation.

But for some reason, hiring a Vietnamese person for the Vietnam market is news worthy? Come on.

This is a passing controversy. Instead of dividing, I want it to unite. So I’ll close it with words from Lee Kuan Yew himself:

"I am a firm believer that the more talents you have in a society, the better the society will grow.”

Singapore is where it is today because foreign and local talent came together to build a world-class country.

When I saw National Day on TV (and no one knows this), I shed a small tear. I feel so lucky to be in a country that is welcoming of talent.

Let us together make Singapore better."

Top image via Nas Daily/Facebook