Tonight, Fox News will feature a clash of the titans debating the validity behind Common's invite to the White House Music Series.
Last week, O’Reilly took to the First Family for inviting Common, a Chicago rapper, actor and sometimes poet, to the White House Music Series event last Wednesday (May 11).The Republican Party Fox News thinks Common and Philly songstress Jill Scott are somehow a threat. The Republican Party is incredibly disconnected from the youth.
Calling Common a defender of a cop killer – a direct take on exiled former Black Panther Assata Shakur and Common's song A Song For Assata, track recounting her tale – O’Reilly swiftly called Jon Stewart out, lol, immediately demanding a debate on the issue. A staunch conservative going on 60, debating hip hop....smh.
One such issue up for debate tonight is the plausibility of including a rapper of Common’s so-called negative background on The White House's guest-list. To me, it seems like some white folks have a real problem allowing people with darker pigment in the White House. Now back to 2011....
Last week, O’Reilly took to the First Family for inviting Common, a Chicago rapper, actor and sometimes poet, to the White House Music Series event last Wednesday (May 11).
Calling Common a defender of a cop killer – a direct take on exiled former Black Panther Assata Shakur and Common's song A Song For Assata, track recounting her tale – O’Reilly swiftly called Jon Stewart out, lol, immediately demanding a debate on the issue. A staunch conservative going on 60, debating hip hop....smh.
One such issue up for debate tonight is the plausibility of including a rapper of Common’s so-called negative background on The White House's guest-list. To me, it seems like some white folks have a real problem allowing people with darker pigment in the White House. Now back to 2011....
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