Jadakiss was one of the first of a growing list of rappers to be publicly scolded by Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly over song lyrics. Back in 2004, O’Reilly called Jadakiss a “smear merchant” for lyrics in his song “Why” that suggested former President Bush was responsible for the 9/11 attacks. In an interview with BallerStatus.com, Jadakiss spoke out on O’Reilly’s recent criticism of Jay-Z and Young Jeezy over their song “My President is Black.”
“I think when you reach Bill O’Reilly, he ain’t got nothing on the itinerary that day,” Jadakiss told BallerStatus. His writers and his back staff ain’t got nothing better to do. When your lyrics from one of your songs reach Bill O’Reilly though, I just think you hot. You doing the damn thing ‘cause it’s only a song.”
When O’Reilly said he would like to have Young Jeezy on his show to debate, Young Jeezy declined the offer, but Jadakiss says he “would love to go on Bill O’Reilly’s show,” adding that he would show up for it and take O’Reilly to task:
“You know he’s gonna come with some left wing bullsh**, but you gotta have some stuff prepared for him too. As long as they ain’t editing it out and there ain’t no funny money camera tricks and you get to express yourself as he is, I’d go on there with a suit, my specks on and I’ll tear Bill O’Reilly’s ass up. You can’t be ignorant. They look at us as ignorant, which they shouldn’t because we’re successful just as any other entrepreneur or anybody doing any other craft. Some people only come across as ignorant, so it’s only right to look at them as ignorant. But from a song? You just hating.”