O'Reilly believes he's a good influence on society. Especially on the children. Here, in an article he wrote for WND, he slams Insane Clown Posse and Jay Z for being A BAD INFLUENCE!!!!!!
The rap on rap
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Posted: August 16, 2001
1:00 am Eastern
By Bill O'Reilly
© 2008 WorldNetDaily.com
Here's the kind of guy I am. It's summer and Madonna is touring, so is Janet Jackson and so is the "Insane Clown Posse." And whom do I go to see? The Beach Boys, that's who. Even though there is only one original beach guy left in the group, singer Mike Love.
But it was a genuine relief to hear songs that didn't contain the F-word, didn't speak of "ho's," and didn't rhapsodize the glories of handguns and cocaine. And the Beach Boys actually harmonize! The songs have melodies. Fun, fun, fun 'til daddy takes the concert tickets away.
Now, you may think that I'm an old fogy, and I'll cop to some of that (not a fogy expression by the way). But because I am researching a special report on negative influences on American children, I have been listening to a lot of rap and hip-hop music lately. And it is terrifying.
Do you know these "Insane Clown Posse" guys? I bet your kids know them. They have sold millions of albums by advocating a total disregard of society. These two guys are high school drop outs from Detroit who are making millions by encouraging their young fans to "F" the world and revel in antisocial behavior. When I asked them if they felt any remorse about perhaps leading kids to take drugs or disrespect women – they laughed in my face. "We're entertainers," they said. "If somebody is stupid enough to do what the 'Insane Clown Posse' tells them, hey, that's their problem."
Actually, it's our problem because a good number of the Juggalos, as Posse fans are called, will sooner or later be acting out destructive behavior. I'll guarantee it.
And then there are the urban black rappers like Jay Z who chant stuff like "kill if you wanna kill." And Beanie Sigel who rails, "Beanie crocker, cook coke proper."
Did you know that in 1999 alone, 81 million rap albums were sold? Buy if you wanna buy.
When I confronted perhaps the most powerful rap and hip-hop executive in the world, Russell Simmons, about explicit lyrics that may be a corrupting influence on high risk children, he looked at me like I was from Mars. "These things need to be expressed," he said. "The plight of black kids is now much more vivid to the white world because of rap."
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