Rapper Common was recently invited to the White House for a star-studded poetry event hosted by President Obama and Michelle Obama and when conservatives caught wave of the news, they made sure they’re opposition was well known, with Fox News going so far as to call him a “vile rapper.”
New Hampshire Journal: “Some of Common’s poetry could … raise some eyebrows among those who might find cop-killing and racially-tinged or misogynist language beneath the Office of the Presidency.”
Though Fox News has joined forces with the New Hampshire Journal, the Daily Caller and even Sarah Palin to speak out against having Common appear for the poetry event, they were singing a different tune 7 months ago when they interviewed him. They referred to him as a “rap legend,” and even Fox News reporter Jason Robinson asked Common during that interview:
Fox News: “Your music is very positive. And you’re known as the conscious rapper. How important is that to you, and how important do you think that is to our kids?”
Common: “[It's a] significant role. I just try to show who we are as well-rounded people and I’m happy to be known as the conscious artist.”
People familiar with Common’s music have found the conservatives claims to be outrageous with Jason Linkins from The Huffington Post saying:
“[Common is] not what I consider to be a ‘gangsta rapper’ or particularly prone to any of hip-hop’s legendary excesses. In fact, it was these excesses – ‘poppin glocks servin rocks and hittin switches’ — that Common famously criticized in perhaps his most famous song, ‘I Used To Love H.E.R.’”
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