Which brings us back to Oprah. Why wouldn't she have these people on her show? Or any other ones for that matter? It appears to be simple: She does not need them. Why should Oprah Winfrey, a woman of insane wealth and power; a woman trying to promote a consistently positive image on her show, have on people who brag about being shot or rap about shooting police? It is not a direction she wants to go in and should not.

Let's look at the record. 50 Cent was a crack-dealer from Queens. His "claim-to-fame" was being shot up so many times without actually dying from it. Then he made his push into the hip-hop world. Does Oprah really need to hear this? Ice Cube, while now known as being an actor, has been an extremely anti-police, anti-authority individual in his rap songs. His one song, "Koreatown," basically called for the torching and burning of stores in the Korean section of Los Angeles. This along with a positive outlook of the "Rodney King" riots that led to the death of scores of people for the "crime" of being white, Asian or any individual at the wrong place at the wrong time. Again, does Oprah want to touch this past with a 10-foot pole? Rapper Ludacris seems tame in comparison. Just a bunch of "I'm better than you" crap.