After Common made an appearance at the White house for a night of poetry, Fox correspondents attacked the rapper saying that he glorified cop killers. Recently while speaking at Oxford Michelle Obama addressed the situation.
“We had a poetry session and we invited young kids in just last week from all over the country. And they talked to some of the most outstanding poets, and they read their poetry in the state room. And then we had a poetry night and Common was there. He’s very cute. But everybody from poet laureates to hip-hop folks, being able to mix up the world in that very interesting way, the White House allows you to do that.”
Nas also made a statement on Common’s behalf.
“The people who feel like Common shouldn’t be performing are really old in their thinking,” Nas said. “It’s like your grandparents have a microphone, and not even smart grandparents — just ignorant grandparents…It scares the h-ll out of them. They feel like an endangered species in their way of thinking. People that are not open to change are just miserable.”
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