SHEEPISH LORD OF CHAOS
08-16-2007, 09:53 AM
Bill O'Reilly Attacks Nas, Calls Him a "gangster rapper"
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Nas has now surpassed the highest level on the meter. Anytime a conservative journalist gets on the airwaves and starts talking about a rap artist, then you know what time it is. That journalist? Bill O'Reilly, of course. Who never has his facts straight about hip-hop, of course.
At first I thought this was just some kind of rumor that some Nas stan started, because the SOHH Community is full of relentless thread starters who live each day to write about Hip-Hop is Dead and It Was Written. But after seeing these discussions popping up on numerous other message boards all over the 'net, it must be true. Then I checked O'Reilly's website.
August 15, 2007 "If you would like to express your outrage at the inclusion of a violent "gangsta" rapper in a memorial concert at Virginia Tech this September, feel free to contact the university's president."-- Bill O'Reilly's Blog (http://www.billoreilly.com/blog;jsessionid=9F80BBEB93D809D26394B627CEE7C3A9?a ction=viewBlog&blogID=-884540671332294282)
Apparently, O'Reilly was on his radio show addressing--and blasting-- the fact that Nas is supposed to be performing at the once blood-bath plagued Virgina Tech (http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/12237)-- despite the fact that Nas has a guns possession and other criminal offenses record tucked away in his Queensbridge Criminal Era files. But in addition to O'Reilly being oblivious to the fact that Nas is a socially conscious rapper, isn't O'Reilly the one that got that Pepsi endorsement snatched from Ludacris because of his "cursing in his lyrics"-- only for Pepsi to give the opportunity to the potty-mouthed Osbournes? And what's with him labeling Nas a "gangster" rapper? How do people who know nothing about these artists even get the audacity to speak on them? And why do people listen? Maybe because the people who side with O'Reilly don't listen to rap music. Of course.
I'm not necessarily blasting O'Reilly for addressing Nas-- that's his prerogative. But what I don't understand is how the lack of knowledge of the subject you're discussing is more obvious than your actual argument. When that happens, it's time to pull up the net-- or a book-- for some facts. Otherwise, your opinion isn't relevant.
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NORMALLY I DON'T RESPOND TO BLOG, ETC. BUT WHEN YOU ATTACK A LEGENDARY EMCEE SUCH AS NAS THERES A LINE IN THE SAND HAS BEEN DRAWN. AND WHAT MAKE IT WORST IS THIS ISN'T BILL'S FIRST TIME ATTACK HIP HOP FROM DAME DASH TO CAM'RON TO LUDACRIS (LEAD TO PEPSI SPONSER GETTING YANKED) AND THE LIST GOES ON BUT DOWN TO FACTS BILL O'RELIEY IS EVERYTHING THAT GROUPS LIKE PUBLIC ENEMY STAND FOR AND THIS SUCKER IS STRAIGHT RACIST. BECAUSE HE ATTACKS EVERYTHING AND EVEN FOX NEWS ATTACKS EVERYTHING THAT DOESN'T FIT THERE LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT IS MORAL IN AMERICA. BUT WHAT PISSES ME OFF IS WERE SO BUSY MOANING ABOUT THE "N" WORD THAT WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TARNISH OUR REPUTATION AS AFRICAN AMERICANS AND AS HIP HOP CULTURE.
http://blogs.sohh.com/nyc/bill_Oreilly.jpg
Nas has now surpassed the highest level on the meter. Anytime a conservative journalist gets on the airwaves and starts talking about a rap artist, then you know what time it is. That journalist? Bill O'Reilly, of course. Who never has his facts straight about hip-hop, of course.
At first I thought this was just some kind of rumor that some Nas stan started, because the SOHH Community is full of relentless thread starters who live each day to write about Hip-Hop is Dead and It Was Written. But after seeing these discussions popping up on numerous other message boards all over the 'net, it must be true. Then I checked O'Reilly's website.
August 15, 2007 "If you would like to express your outrage at the inclusion of a violent "gangsta" rapper in a memorial concert at Virginia Tech this September, feel free to contact the university's president."-- Bill O'Reilly's Blog (http://www.billoreilly.com/blog;jsessionid=9F80BBEB93D809D26394B627CEE7C3A9?a ction=viewBlog&blogID=-884540671332294282)
Apparently, O'Reilly was on his radio show addressing--and blasting-- the fact that Nas is supposed to be performing at the once blood-bath plagued Virgina Tech (http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/12237)-- despite the fact that Nas has a guns possession and other criminal offenses record tucked away in his Queensbridge Criminal Era files. But in addition to O'Reilly being oblivious to the fact that Nas is a socially conscious rapper, isn't O'Reilly the one that got that Pepsi endorsement snatched from Ludacris because of his "cursing in his lyrics"-- only for Pepsi to give the opportunity to the potty-mouthed Osbournes? And what's with him labeling Nas a "gangster" rapper? How do people who know nothing about these artists even get the audacity to speak on them? And why do people listen? Maybe because the people who side with O'Reilly don't listen to rap music. Of course.
I'm not necessarily blasting O'Reilly for addressing Nas-- that's his prerogative. But what I don't understand is how the lack of knowledge of the subject you're discussing is more obvious than your actual argument. When that happens, it's time to pull up the net-- or a book-- for some facts. Otherwise, your opinion isn't relevant.
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NORMALLY I DON'T RESPOND TO BLOG, ETC. BUT WHEN YOU ATTACK A LEGENDARY EMCEE SUCH AS NAS THERES A LINE IN THE SAND HAS BEEN DRAWN. AND WHAT MAKE IT WORST IS THIS ISN'T BILL'S FIRST TIME ATTACK HIP HOP FROM DAME DASH TO CAM'RON TO LUDACRIS (LEAD TO PEPSI SPONSER GETTING YANKED) AND THE LIST GOES ON BUT DOWN TO FACTS BILL O'RELIEY IS EVERYTHING THAT GROUPS LIKE PUBLIC ENEMY STAND FOR AND THIS SUCKER IS STRAIGHT RACIST. BECAUSE HE ATTACKS EVERYTHING AND EVEN FOX NEWS ATTACKS EVERYTHING THAT DOESN'T FIT THERE LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT IS MORAL IN AMERICA. BUT WHAT PISSES ME OFF IS WERE SO BUSY MOANING ABOUT THE "N" WORD THAT WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TARNISH OUR REPUTATION AS AFRICAN AMERICANS AND AS HIP HOP CULTURE.