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TyronneNas on Bill O'Reilly
September 10th 2007 04:49
Nas may have lined the floor with butcher paper before he killed the music scene with Illmatic, but it's hard to say if he's got the staying power... his last album, Hip Hop Is Dead, drew a lotta angry scowls, including Marley Marl and KRS-One, who overcame their feud to set Nas straight.
Still, one of rap's thinking men, Nas, had some harsh words for Bill O'Reilly, notable Republican commentator, who railed against Nas playing at a benefit for the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting.
"He doesn't understand the younger generation. He deals with the past," Nas continued. "The people he represents are Republican, older, a generation that has nothing to do with the reality of what's happening now with my generation. ...
He's not really on my radar. People like him are supposed to be taught and people like me are supposed to let n---as like him know. I don't take him serious. His sh-- is all about getting ratings or whatever. I wouldn't honor anything Bill O'Reilly has to say. It just shows you what bloodsuckers do: They abuse something like the Virginia Tech [tragedy] for show ratings. You can't talk to a person like that."
Personally, I see absolutely no problem with Nas performing... certainly, his songs are potentially about some sensitive topics, especially city violence, but Nas has always been a realist, depicting life as it actually exists. O'Reilly would prefer, I suppose, some Republican-friendly singer/songwriters to come and sing songs about fairies made of marshmallows who leave change in overdue parking meters and spray floral scents in public restrooms.
Nas goes on:
"Here's somebody that speaks about America in his music, and the community that I come from has the same kind of violence as Virginia Tech," the legendary rapper said about himself. "It's unnecessary, stupid violence. Hip-hop is a part of the generation of [Virginia Tech] as well as alternative and pop and rock. Hip-hop is a part of that. That's why I'm [performing at the concert]. With Bill O'Reilly, it doesn't raise an eyebrow to me because it's garbage, its bullsh--. He has nothing to do with the real people who go to school or the parents who had to endure that tragedy."
(found on TSOYA)
Still, one of rap's thinking men, Nas, had some harsh words for Bill O'Reilly, notable Republican commentator, who railed against Nas playing at a benefit for the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting.
"He doesn't understand the younger generation. He deals with the past," Nas continued. "The people he represents are Republican, older, a generation that has nothing to do with the reality of what's happening now with my generation. ...
He's not really on my radar. People like him are supposed to be taught and people like me are supposed to let n---as like him know. I don't take him serious. His sh-- is all about getting ratings or whatever. I wouldn't honor anything Bill O'Reilly has to say. It just shows you what bloodsuckers do: They abuse something like the Virginia Tech [tragedy] for show ratings. You can't talk to a person like that."
Personally, I see absolutely no problem with Nas performing... certainly, his songs are potentially about some sensitive topics, especially city violence, but Nas has always been a realist, depicting life as it actually exists. O'Reilly would prefer, I suppose, some Republican-friendly singer/songwriters to come and sing songs about fairies made of marshmallows who leave change in overdue parking meters and spray floral scents in public restrooms.
Nas goes on:
"Here's somebody that speaks about America in his music, and the community that I come from has the same kind of violence as Virginia Tech," the legendary rapper said about himself. "It's unnecessary, stupid violence. Hip-hop is a part of the generation of [Virginia Tech] as well as alternative and pop and rock. Hip-hop is a part of that. That's why I'm [performing at the concert]. With Bill O'Reilly, it doesn't raise an eyebrow to me because it's garbage, its bullsh--. He has nothing to do with the real people who go to school or the parents who had to endure that tragedy."
(found on TSOYA)
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