Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy's song 'My President' has managed to catch the ear of republican news host Bill O'Reilly but contrary to reports he will not appear on the show. O'Reilly, who is no stranger to public disagreements with the hip-hop community, called Jeezy's performance of the song "offensive." During the broadcast O'Reilly "invited" him to appear on his show while a guest commentator called Jeezy "Young Emphysema." Per his reps, the rapper will not be accepting that invitation, which was reportedly taken out of context by various media outlets.
"At the end of the day, you're dealing with cats who think that we as young black men don't know what it is we do. [We're] entrepreneurs, we came from nothing. If you [have to] mispronounce my name to try to be funny and you got a Harvard or whatever education you got, then you're really showing how ignorant you are," he said in an interview. The rapper also noted that the song is merely an articulation of his feelings towards President Barack Obama's win and the change that he will bring to this country.
O'Reilly, who hosts 'The O'Reilly Factor' on Fox News channel, is known for challenging democrats, rappers, and anyone who doesn't follow his conservative views. According to the show's producer, Jeezy's invitation still stands.
Jeezy's third album 'The Recession,' featuring the single 'My President,' was released last September.
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Reader Comments(1 of 2)
gjb5528at 1-29-2009
I personally don't give a hoot about rap music, to
me it's not music at all it's a way of showing
dissent of the world around you, taken from one's eye who is complaining about life in general.
It degrades women and claims to be a viable form of
entertainment, but all it is a venue for malcontents to blame everybody but themselves for their station or position in life.
Rap is among the other vices that is tearing this country down, drugs,permissive sex,alcohol,crime and
any other bad behavior. So go ahead and fume and scream about what a jerk I am, but the truth is the truth and no amount of ranting will change it.
mckaymi3at 1-29-2009
you obviously have no basis for making the generalizations you do about some sort of all inclusive "rap." i am personally a fan of artists spanning just about every genre, but you wouldnt see any of the musicians i listen to on tv or hear them on the radio. this is an ancillary point, however, as the original point i was making is that you ought not to express your "opinion" about an entire wide-ranging genre of legitimate musical expression when you clearly have no understanding of the perspective of most of these artists, and are making accusations that are as asinine, baseless, and misinformed as bill o'reilly's. certainly your criticism is true of a few rap artists, it is not even close to a legitimate complaint against the entire pantheon of hip hop, any more than calling every rock band angry and violent white guys that just scream into a mic. i suppose the point i am trying to make here is that you have no idea what you're talking about. that isnt to meant to belittle or what-have-you, but it is obvious that you are attempting to pass judgment on something you obviously are completely unfamiliar with.
tacapa4at 2-02-2009
GJB....could not have said it better......Amen!!!!!!
michael6179at 2-04-2009
I agree 100 percent...RAP is Not music. It is trash that does nothing more than make young people think it is ok to call women ho's to beat your women, to kill cops etc...It is garbage. By the way, to the moron who wrote the above article regarding Bill O'Reilly. He tends to be a traditionalist...he has always taken on Republicans and Liberals alike.
Thermoat 1-29-2009
Well Personally, I can't Blame just rap music.
Its those people that don't understand rap period.
that give their stupid, ignorant opinions.
Holding Rap responsible for all americas problems amongst the youth.
HOW ABOUT ROCK MUSIC? HOW ABOUT HEAVY METAL?
RAP MUSIC IS NO WHERE CLOSE TO THE INFLUENCE THOSE GENRE HAVE WORLDWIDE
WHAT HAPPENES SINCE RAP MUSIC IS AMONGST LATINO/BLACK YOUTH
WE SEEM "VIOLENT" "IGNORANT" "DEGRADE FEMALES"
BLAH BLAH BLAH
I COULD PICK MILLIONS OF ROCK SONGS WHO DO THAT PLUS WORST. I HEARD ALOT OF ROCK THAT PROMOTES SEX, DRUGS, MURDER, AND SUICIDE
I HAVE YET TO HEAR 1 RAP SONG TALKING ABOUT SUICIDE
NO I DONT HATE ROCK.
I LISTEN TO ROCK MY SELF.
BUT WHAT IM SAYING IS
YOU CAN'T INSULT AND GIVE STUPID OPINIONS ABOUT ONE GENRE
THAT YOU SIMPLY CAN'T RELATE TO.
YOU CAN SAY OH THIS IS THIS AND THAT.. COMMON.
EVEN COUNTRY MUSIC PROMOTES UNSAFE SEX, MURDERS, AND MORE
SO MAYBE IS NOT THE RAP MUSIC
MAYBE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH "WHO DOES RAP MUSIC".
mckaymi3at 1-29-2009
by the way, i was not defending young jeezy at all, i think he is a dime-a-dozen rapper with no outstanding talent of any kind, and cliche lyrics. in fact, its rappers like him that give morons like bill oreilly ammunition for criticism and perpetuate stereotypes about the genre, and, to a certain extent, about blacks in america as well.
Janiceat 3-30-2009
Oh, yes indeed. These "rapsters" should stop articulating their opinions and behaving like negroes, because it's very important for Bill O'Reilly to like them, and O'Reilly has made it quite clear that he only likes negroes who are properly servile.
Cornelius McGeeat 3-30-2009
Your earier comment is the most on-point comment I've seen on behalf of hip-hop as a genre. I might copy-and-paste it somewhere for further, reivew as a matter of fact.
Too many people obviously are slaves to the radio and television, and ignorant to any good music - probably also to their favorite and, in their minds, 'superior' genres of music. You can't make a valid statement if you don't have all the facts straight, so quite frankly, their comments and opinions don't matter seeing as how they quite simply don't know what the hell they're talking about.
marshalwvaat 1-30-2009
These two rappers are free to say such outrageous things in their music but they are unable to see that these lyrics keep racism alive and well in this country. I think the election and events since then show how much progress has been made in this country. I am old enough to remember the separate entrances, water fountains, etc. A sad part of history and while I think it needs to be remembered so as to never to occur again, I think the days of making an inflated income stirring this hatred are over. These two need to find a new way to earn a living. The way to change these two hate mongers is to not buy their trash music. Their energies would be better spent working to change the lives of impoverished black youth who are killing each other with so little regard. This is what needs to stop. One of these lost lives could be the one to change lives in a positive manner and not just be another statistic.
SNOOKIEat 2-04-2009
AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CpnGreenlungat 2-01-2009
Jeezy sucks, but I'd rather have him at my next tea party than O'Reilly.
It still amazes me how rich old white people don't understand that them saying "Rap is Crap" is the same thing as a black high school dropout drug dealer in the projects saying opera or classical music is stupid.
Neither one has any perspective from which to view the form of expression they're criticizing. Yet we continue to be subjected to opinions from people like Bill O'Reilly.
eagles4everat 2-20-2009
exaclty
tampalandsharkat 2-02-2009
Typical "African American" culture here in the states. They, are not racist? Step back, take a look into the glass. Did they not get the memo from thier "Black President" about the races "uniting as one?" Appearantly, not. Funny how they were not "divided", on 9/11. Thank you for your time.
The Lady Tigerat 2-02-2009
I ask sincerely, is the issue with this situation the fact that the President's race is being identified or that these young entrepreneur's are stating their opinions about the U.S., the state of the economy and feelings of distaste for the exiting President (Bush) to music; which by the way is purchased 90% roughly by a demographic of which these two guys do not themselves racially represent? Just something to think about? Where's the beef :-)
Lou Peteat 2-04-2009
hilarious. lets all blame the rap game for the problems of the world. what about those crazy mofos that dont listen to rap and go around shooting up schools in these hick parts of the countries. its easy to blame blacks for what happens in the world because that is all the media covers. people are running around like crazy trying to pin anything black people say or do to the fact that obama is the President as if what the rest of the world does will get Obama impeached. Give it up already, hes here and hes here to stay. we gave old boy bush 8 years even though everyone in the world knew that after the first time he should not have been reelected for the second term. but... it happened. so now suck it up and watch barack change the world