Oprah Winfrey, who's been accused of being anti-hip-hop, says that's not true. "I listen to some hip-hop ... I got a little 'Fitty' [50 Cent] on my iPod and I love [Fitty's] 'In Da Club,' I love it," Winfrey recently told Power 105's Ed Lover when she dropped by his show with her pal, Gayle King.

"Jay-Z, I love Kanye [West], Jay is one of my friends," said Winfrey, who was promoting her upcoming ABC special, "Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball." "I'm opposed to some of the music that offends my sensibilities, that's when you're degrading women, marginalizing women, but the beat I love," Winfrey said.

"Years and years ago Quincy Jones and I had this conversation about the evolution of hip-hop and what it really means to our culture. "Hip-hop is like jazz and gospel music," Winfrey said. "It evolved from people out of a form of protest, out of a form of expression. You can't deny that, nor would I try ..."

Source: New York Post

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Posted by Lawren at May 18, 2006 06:40 AM | Trackbacks (0)

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What...because she's black she's required to support hip-hop?

Says: Nanc' at May 18, 2006 07:49 AM

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