Sarah Palin Disses Common, Quotes ‘Rapper’s Delight’
Despite protesting rapper Common's poetry performance at the White House Wednesday night (May 11), presidential hopeful Sarah Palin claims to be a fan of hip-hop, using her familiarity with 32-year-old party-rap song 'Rapper's Delight' as evidence of her love of the culture.
In an appearance on Fox News' 'On the Record,' Palin, who contended that she is "obviously" a free speech advocate, took issue with Common's lyrics on his 2000 track 'A Song for Assata,' a tribute to black revolutionary and "domestic terrorist" Assata Shakur, who was convicted of murdering a police officer in 1977.
"This rapper -- we thought that we were to be united under the leader of the free world, Barack Obama, in tamping down racism and inciting violence and cop killing, certainly, and killing a former president," Palin ranted. "All those things that this rapper has glorified and really is known for, it just certainly reflects a lack of judgment on the White House's part."
Palin went on to say that she is not "anti-rap," and referenced Fox News anchor Brett Baier's January performance of Sugar Hill Gang's 1979 accidental classic, 'Rapper's Delight,' a song which she claims to know the lyrics of.
"I am obviously a proponent of free speech... I'm not anti-rap. In fact, like Bret Baier, I know the lyrics to 'Rapper's Delight,' too," Palin continued, in a comical tone. "But I am saying just common decency in the White House -- wouldn't we like to see a reflection of all that is wonderful and great, a shining city on a hill that the White House is supposed to be, with events inside of that house that reflects the patriotism and the decency and the influence of America."
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