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Ludacris Plays Race Card Against Bill O’ Reilly
11-13-03
Keavin
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Ludacris must have made the self-promoting
Bill O’ Reilly’s day when he named the talk show host in two of his new
songs. (There is no such things as bad publicity and it might help O’ Reilly
sell a few more books or those must have “No Spin Zone” doormats. )
The appropriately named rapper came under
fire from O’Reilly after he inked an endorsement deal with Pepsi. O’Reilly
made a stink about the endorsement deal because he felt Ludacris sent the
wrong message to kids. Under pressure, Pepsi called the whole thing off.
Ludacris fired back at O’Reilly in two
songs on his latest CD "Chicken & Beer". In the song “Blow It
Out”, which is basically the rapper bragging about his success (a typical
rap song formula these days), Ludacris included this line “Shout out to
Bill O'Reilly, I'ma throw you a curve / You mad cause I'm a THIEF and got
away with words / I'ma start my own beverage, it'll calm your nerves /
Pepsi's the New Generation - BLOW IT OUT YA ASS!”
The second song that includes a stab at
O’Reilly is the new family classic "Hoes in My Room". In that song Ludacris
raps, “I know who let 'em in [the hoes], it was Bill O'Reilly / Faggot
/ Ya' white bread, chicken-s*** nigga!”
The fun doesn’t stop there. Ludacris recently
spoke with MuchMusic about these songs and his battle with Bill O’Reilly,
which he says has just begun. "I still haven't gotten the last word.
He still talks about me on his show," Ludacris told MuchNews. "There's
still racism in America and he's a hypocrite but there you have it. It
was just me coming back and stating some things that I thought I needed
to say. Me staying successful, that's what's really going to get back at
this individual. Whether I talk about him or not as long as I stay in his
face and continue success that's what's going to get on his nerves."
The irony of the rapper’s statements is
readily apparent, especially when he plays the race card and calls O’Reilly
a hypocrite “…There's still racism in America and he's a hypocrite..” Once
you read over the rapper's lyrics, it seems like a classic pot calling
the kettle black especially the slurs in “Hoes in My Room” like “faggot”
and “white bread”.
“Blow It Out” also contains what may be
considered racist statements like the following, “Plus I'm the new phenomenon
like white women with ass” and “I eat dinner with Jews but don't talk to
strangers”.
It does appear that there is something
in a name because the hypocrisy here is indeed ludicrous.
Be
sure to check out the antiFactor antiMUSIC's spoof on Bill O'Reilly's hit
Fox News program (Ludacris is included with classic "racist" stereotypes)
-Fun for the whole family!
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