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He argued that had Kanye West rapped the same words (which include racial slurs and reference lynching), it would become a hit.
His logic followed his mention of MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski being criticized on Twitter for suggesting that the fraternity members likely learned the N-word by listening to rap music.
"If this had been a song by Kim Kardashian's husband and they had sung this song at the Grammys...it'd be a hit," he said, and then added after a colleague disagreed, "But I'm telling you this stuff gets awards and the people who sing it are portrayed as American royalty in terms of celebrity. You can't deny that."