Sarah Palin admits that she likes hip hop and is a fan of hip hop music, but Palin doesn’t exactly feel the same about hip hop artist Common.

Politician, first woman elected as Governor of Alaska, and Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, Sarah Palin has revealed that she has love for hip hop, although the outspoken critic criticized a controversial visit by rapper Common to the White House who performed for First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Evening of Poetry” in front of a small private audience.

On Fox News’ “On the Record,” Sarah Palin claims that she supports “free speech,” but she does not agree with bringing into the White House someone like Common who she feels has glorified cop killing referring to one of Common’s songs — A Song For Assata, referring to Assata Shakur — a Black activist, member of the Black Panther Party, step-aunt to hip hop icon Tupac Shakur (the sister of his stepfather, Mutulu Shakur).
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