Bill O'Reilly Responds Nas' Fox Protest, Calls Rapper "Vile"

Following Nas' protest outside of Fox's Manhattan television studios last week, conservative host Bill O'Reilly took a few jabs at the "vile rapper" on his TV show. Responding to Nas' accusations that Fox is racist in their news coverage, O'Reilly calls Nas a hypocrite for "peddling the N-word to his audience of children and young adults." The host also claimed the controversial rapper was only protesting the channel for the sake of publicity because his new album Untitled is "a bomb, a disaster, a catastrophe" (even though it debuted atop the Soundscan charts last week). O'Reilly also took shots at any media outlets that covered Nas' protest, calling them "corrupt." As for actually discussing whether or not his channel's new coverage is racially biased, O'Reilly failed to address the issue.

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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