Say A Prayer For Peter Rosenberg, Please
I feel so bad. I so should not have started this.
Some of you may know about my past issues with Peter Rosenberg, the hackjob radio personality ruining currently co-hosting the Hip Hop morning radio show at New York’s Hot 97. I used to be a big fan of Hot 97, back when they had Star and Buc Wild. Since then, the show has gotten progressively worse. I used to hate the Big Boy morning show earlier this year, I even made some noise about it and before I knew it, he left. Rosenberg is so effin bad that I’m secretly wishing Big Boy would come back.
So yesterday, while driving my kids to school, I was listening to Hot 97. I usually flip between the news channel (1010 WINS am), liberal talk radio host Errol Louis on WWRL 1600am, or Hot 97 fm, especially when the kids wanna hear rap music. So I’m listening to Hot 97, knowing full well that Rosenberg is gonna say some stupid shit, like he does every morning (I know, silly me) when he goes into this rant about why and how New Yorkers were allowing Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to speak at the UN General Assembly, how we should be up in arms about getting this “terrorist killer” unceremoniously tossed out of the country with the quickness. Now I know Gaddafi ain’t no saint, most of these heads of state aren’t, but what got my goat was how Rosenberg had the audacity to try and turn a simple Hip Hop morning show into an extended voice in furthering whatever types of political agenda he subscribes to. Cats dropping their kids off and children going to school tune into Hot 97 to hear the latest news, gossip and going ons of their favorite rappers and entertainment personalities, not get duped into getting recruited into a sole person’s political crusade.
Being the concerned parent I am and because I’m for the kids in general like that, I twittered Mr. Rosenberg a simple tweet (if you’re still not on Twitter, please go home and swallow a chilled glass of Drano with a slice of lime):
@Rosenbergradio Khadafy is a human being and a head of state. All humans need to be respected. Stop tryna push ur Pudge Nubby-ish agendas.
I know, I get humanist like that from time to time.
He responded by claiming how Khadafy (I know, mispelling dude’s name is so disrespectful) had killed innocent children, I responded with how Israel itself had been responsible for the murder of innocent children this very year, Rosenberg replied with:
Wtf? How did we go from having a friendly round of politic talk to dude threatening me and bringing my “innocent” kids into this? Not trying to take this to the streets, I made several inquiries as to what I should do. Personally, my first reaction would have had me heading over to Hot 97’s station to knuckle up, but my cooler self prevailed. Black man accosting a white man in front of that station = white man being victimized and Black man doing time, looking all evil and what not in the press. I did not want to end up locked up like my homie Dallas Penn did last weekend. I’m smarter than that (not smarter than Dallas, smarter than getting myself all twisted up with how these laws aren’t just and fair when it comes to how its racially distributed). I remembered how my dude Star got arrested and fired for making threatening remarks while he was an on-air personality at Hot 97 a few years ago and inquired as to how I could legally handle this dude. I stepped back though, especially since Byron Crawford beat me to the punch by posting Rosenberg’s hateful tweet yesterday over on his site. Plus, I wanted to be clear that if I got Peter fired, subconsciously it would be for him making a violent threat against me and possibly my kids as opposed to me overreacting as to how bad he is on the morning show and adding to making my daily driving of said kids to school that much more painful.
I had alot of things to do yesterday, like running errands, business issues and getting ready to attend the VH1 Hip Hop Honors celebrating Def Jam’s 25th anniversary when Peter started sending me several private Direct Messages, begging asking me to work things out with him behind closed doors. I guess he realized his very public and dangerous threat wasn’t a wise move and wanted to keep his job, but like I said, I was busy and hadn’t had a chance to thoughtfully respond to his cowardly kind attempts to reconcile our differences.
I had a great time at the Hip Hop Honors which was held in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music. I got up this morning once again to drive my kids. Tuning in to Hot 97 yet again (I know, glutton for punishment) today, I listened in amazement at how Peter was uncharacteristically going on and on about how racism of any form is a very bad thing. I thought this was very unusual because anyone who listens in on that show knows how reckless Peter and his privileged self gets with making racist off color remarks. And on the regular. Checking in on Twitter again, I was greeted by yet another attack, this one being crazier than anything dude’s ever sent my way: 
Once again, wtf?!? I went from being physically threatened and having my kids possibly being placed in harm’s way to being branded an anti-semite by the very same dude who had tough talk then tried to protect his job by secretly reaching out to me to shake hands and play friends? I got worried, a bit scared too. I only sparred with Rosenberg on account of how privileged he came off on hip hop radio. That and how badly he sucks. I confess that I did want to expose dude as the hack he is, but in no way was it my intention for him to have to suffer a very public and serious mental breakdown because of my toying with him.
Now I know Byron Crawford, friend to the room, has a whole other set of issues with Peter, accusing him and his family of being involved with all sorts of insidious political plots and what not. So it’s only natural that him posting Rosenberg’s hate tweet would generate some hateful comments over on his comments section. That’s Byron, he’s a hater for the people like that. How Peter tried to pull me in while pulling out the race card at first seemed like he was desperately reaching for straws on some more cowardly shit. But in reflecting on his cowardly acts, I realized that the combined pressure of him fighting to become relevant in a high pressured position at Hot 97, Byron going deeply in on him [||] over on his site on some other shit and me effortless exposing him as the lame fraud he is must be way too much for him. Obviously being weak minded, it’s become so clear to me that Peter Rosenberg has finally lost his marbles and is going plain crazy. Mental illness is not something any of us should ever take too lightly.
Having compassion for crazy people, I did suggest to him (via Twitter) that he seek medical help, but you know how crazy people do, they NEVER follow good advice. Thinking more about his plight, it occurred to me that dude might even be suicidal in his current delicate state. Now those who know me know I LOVE the art of battle, especially with words and wit, but I would never want to see any harm come to those I ether, especially in the form of suicide. Plus, haven’t we all suffered experiencing too many tragic deaths of our beloved celebrities and personalities this year? Not that Peter is beloved, nor a celebrity, but I’m not trying to have anyone else’s blood on my hands. I’ve got enough problems of my own.
So friends, in taking responsibility for whatever harm I may have caused, I ask that we all pray for the well being of Peter Rosenberg. If any of you know him personally, I would even suggest placing him under some sort of suicide watch or what not, behind his back though. You know how crazy does when they feel you’re watching them. And if any of you happen to see him out in public talking too himself, or looking all depressed and forlorn, call the authorities. Quick. I’ma do my part in praying for dude’s well being myself. Only because that’s what I do. I’m not anti-semitic, I have compassion for all mankind. Combat Jack is for the people.
…wow.
I think that the part about him calling you an anti-semite is a bit of a stretch as he isnt really calling you an anti-semite but saying that your discussion led to that talk. But in the first place why are you arguing with the man who made this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ2yvL9E4R8
oh n000 2 of my fav int3rn3ts c3l3bs fighting! omg lolz!
i see right and wrong actions on both sides, maybe more wrongs on rosenberg’s side, but i have to say that i don’t see anything wrong with rosenberg attacking ghadafi on hot97.
i think getting people into politics is a good thing, there’s enough mindless babble on commercial radio – why should the kids not hear about whats going outside of rap gossip circles?
also, IMO rosenberg is absolutely right about ghadafi and i don’t see why you had to bring up israel. his threatening tweet and accusations of anti-semitism were uncalled for though.
talk it out!
i have to co-sign the last comment a bit, man. i mean, you handled him and served him like a bar and grill, but you also didn’t really come off as friendly on that first tweet. lol but he jumped over that proverbial line that you etched out by saying he’d slap you in front of his kids.
you, however, have his job in limbo right now. i love the crossing out of words, too. the bamma was begging for forgiveness. and wtf was with that target jab?! goodness. race cards flyin and shit.
as a banker, and american, i don’t take part in anti-semitism, or anti-anything, it’s bad for business and not in my blood anyway.
I think the guy was out of pocket and should be fired though. I’ll write a very eloquent letter, just TWeet me the address.
Thanks.
ps: I think he gets his spelling of “Khadafy” from that old Garbage Pail Kid card named “Wacky Khadafy”. that’s how I learned about him before I learned about him.
We are all guests on Native American soil. How soon we forget. (Insert DreamY Hampton-esque statement here) (Enter DP ether re: said statment here). FIN.
CJ, I love your blog and appreciate your posts. That being said, there was nothing wrong with Rosenberg’s remarks about Qaddafi. Every hip-hop show has become somewhat political since the last election (especially Angela Yee’s) and just because we may not like one’s views does not mean we should not have the dialogue. I’d like my seed to be exposed to political debates at a young age. Rosenberg does suck though. And your abuse of him is enjoyable nonetheless. I wish Star and Bucwild could (or would) come back.
and the same ones that lament “dead americans” tend to boycott anything helping the less fortunate (public healthcare for example), and are stridently xenophobic most of the time.
Again, Irony Abounds.
Rosenberg can talk about whatever he wants to on his show I have to agree with people but like everyone else has said when he said Ill slap you in front of your kids? *Come on Son* where is @edlover when you need him?
Jews 4 Jack!
u dont call urself an anti-semite? then why did u pull that card first? there are plenty of other people/places u could have brought up. but u singled out israel, to someone who is obviously pro-israel. what kind of response did u expect? u attacked him, and not ur upset b/c he stepped back at you. seems to me that your more upset that hes being paid when ur just some loser with a blog and 10 users.
Pretty much what everyone else said… I don’t even think the initial shit was bad, but that “slap you in front of your kids” shit is grounds for termination and/or a mudhole-stomping, neither of which he prob. wishes to experience.
That Pudge Nubby shit never stops bein’ funny tho’.
-D!
This is why grown men should stay the fuck off Twitter. Grown men beefing or even discussing politics over twitter is some bitch shit. No shots. Tell homey to call you directly and if you can’t hash it out over the phone, invite homey over to your house for a sip-a-something and I’m sure, face-to-face, you’ll find you both have a lot in common…or maybe not, but at least it’s not on Twitter where taking shots at someone in front of that “audience” makes you look like some kind of spectacle.
–OG Matt Herbz–
im just mad that he ignored my wire reference in the comments on Bol’s post. i liked that.
carry on…
I see this is a spin zone. The hyperbole on this is jarring. He’s clearly chilling and is far from suicidal. When you overstate your “fear for your kids” and his “mental breakdown” the effect is deleterious to whatever cogent argument you were trying to get at.
Yo I love ur blog but u must really dislike dude. U can either him mention Khadafi in the morning or here Trey Songz talkin bout he invented sex or Young Money wantin to eff every girl in the world with ur kids in the whip. I rather my kids ask yo who’s khadafi then them askin who’s Gucci Mane?
understand ur point but u kinda went lookin for a battle with dude
POST HIS DIRECT MESSAGES FOR YOU TO DEAD THE ISSUE! THE PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THAT!
Humanist?????
For real son?
Well done in baiting him though.
My things is this….If he’s going to call Quaddafi out, he should call out all heads of state that have done wrong! We have several in this country that have blood on their hands! Lets start here first…..
While I kinda, sorta agree w the room that Rosenberg has the right to talk about Khadafy on Hot 97, he’s gotta expect some people to have issue w that for whatever reason and call him out on it. I don’t see how anything Reggie may have said, short of treatening him w violence first, justifies his reckless and completely inappropriate response.
I think dude should be fired or at least severely reprimanded. Is anyone letting his employer, Hot 97 know about what he’s been doing? After all Star and Miss Jones both caught major L’s under similar circumstances. Is this just gonna blow over and homeboy gets to keep doing his job like this didn’t happen??
All ideals & political opinions & personal beefs aside, I commend you on not allowing that threat to get under your skin. He opened up the flood gates with that. But, he knows you know the law & probably did it well aware that the last thing he’d have to worry about was you kicking his ass. Kudos though, takes a strong man to let that slide. & “in front of ur kids” just takes it to another level of disrespect, but that goes without saying…
word life, i’d slap dude so hard he’d spin like a top…and let the kids watch for gp…but that’s just me ;-}
The Jewish and the African American communities in America have long since shared many political alliances. This has been beneficial to both groups throughout time and I hope you all share my sentiments in looking forward to it continuing wherever appropriate. I am sure we can and will accomplish even much more together.
However, this is not the first time it has been clear that the Jewish and African American communities do not always share the same enemies. We don’t always have the same interests and we disagree sometimes. We are not the same.
I pass no judgement here on what Ghadafi is as a man or a leader; it is not my area of expertise. I don’t support or reject him. I’m also not suggesting that Combat Jack speaks for all African American’s or that Rosenberg speaks for all Jews. I simply know that we in the African American community have never COLLECTIVELY viewed Ghadafi as an enemy of ours. And Ghadafi has certainly never been an enemy of Hip Hop culture.
I remember when it was commonplace for Jewish leaders to publicly campaign against Minister Farakkhan. I assume that some still do. Nevertheless, Hip Hop as a community has been embracing the minister for over 20 years. This is evidential fact.
So I would find it a strange contradiction to wake up in the morning, turn on the station “where Hip Hop lives”, and find someone speaking out against Farakkhan. Would they have the right to do so? ABSOLUTELY. Would this be representative of the mindset of the Hip Hop community… I doubt that it would be.
This is why I must agree with CB’s original point. I don’t think campaigning against Ghadafi has ANYTHING to do with Hip Hop or the mindset of the Hip Hop community. Perhaps the Jewish community, but that again would make this a Jewish agenda, not Hip Hop’s.
… SO WHAT?! … I still think Rosenberg had the right to voice his opinion though. But it is just that, HIS opinion, not an obligation on the community to agree. And he should take his lumps when people disagree, as I will do if/when some of you start hatin’ on any/everything I just wrote.
Peace Y’all
Just a question….
Do you think it’s possible when you were throwing Israel at the guy it had something to do with his name being Rosenberg?
u made the right move, you can’t negotiate with stupidity.
oh wow…he’s wildin’!
i saw that first tweet and couldn’t even finish reading…i’ll be back
Damn — fuck all this chatter about Ghaddafi/Israel/who gives a fuck what else… The main issue here is that Rosenberg tweeted “I will slap the shit out of you in front of your kids”. That’s it. That’s all. CJ took offense to that as any of you would, cause it was offensive and inappropriate on so many levels. The fact that he backpedalled after the fact via DM cause he’s nervous bout losing his job or catching a beatdown from CJ certifies his bitchmade status. Would’nt any of y’all be heated if someone said that to you? Including a reference to your children?!? Of course you would! But CJ kept his head, realizing that this punkass, no-talent piece of shit was not one to waste his time on. Except on ethering this wannabee yet again on his blog. No CJ stannery here…Just common motherfucking sense. Peter Rosenberg, please kill yourself.
Word up Jack. We got your back. Cats who know KNOW that this dude don’t know ish about Hip-Hop. LMAO for sites asking for his opinion on MCs and shit, like he’s some authority on the issue. Wack ass, corporate-run, sell-out morning shows.
And yes, coming from L.A., Big Boy’s morning show is basura, along with the whole Power 106 playlist.
Peace
Like someone said above, Ghadafi never did anything to any AA person(actually gave The NOI $), or disrespected hip hop, so Rosenberg was speaking from his own agenda. You did the right thing by not putting hands on him, but do the right thing(no Spike Lee) and put your hands in his pockets. Star’s about to cut Envy a nice check for the same nonsense. Handle that B.I.
Yea this sounds like Mr. Combat Jack just has a personal grugde with rosenberg..no need to keep picking at everything the “Rutard” says…keep writing crack on the blog sir. That is All….
Rosenberg was out of pocket, yes… But I think that your first round (Pudge Nubby pt.1) was a clear wake up call and sound introduction to the wordly wise wrath of Jack. He definitely knows who you are, so I think he might have felt attacked (yet again), and actually tried to protect his online dignity.
The Radios and the Innanets equally need more politics, so I think his rants are slightly needed..but he is a tad too bias in his delivery…
with that said, you did come at money’s neck justifiably {||}, so he was in the right to react, but he should have kept it level.
Lastly.. As far as my interest in Daily Math — Tall Israelis > Short Israelis
yo jack… rosenberg is a FAKE straight up… hes that dude you knew in school who had a trust fund and a pushy heeb dad and wouldve sucked a dick just to be down w/ some real b-boys (rican and/or black) cuz he knew he was a LAME– anyways i think the reason you got him so heated is cuz he knows ppl are starting to figure out who the snakes in the grass are… keep up the good work man and hopefully aipac or mossad dont come knockin heh
WTF is wrong with this dude? Talk is cheap. Is this the the way the so called Hip-Hop-Community wants to be represented? Sending Twitter-threats during a totally normal political argument? How gay, insecure and retarded is that? I would recommend to bitch slap this motherfucker like Ari Gold did Adam Davis. At least just to prove that this is not about anti-semitism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGVoLsDS3t8
How much bad coke, speed or PCP do you have to shove in your nose at 8 a.m. in the morning to twitter such ridiculous bullshit about a grown-ass man? Since I live in Europe I do not really know what this Pete Rosenberg guy is all about, but I do remember seeing a video of him ducking like a turtle-bambi-breed and looking all scared when Maino -playfully- tried to hit this turtle-looking guy with a chair during summer jam 2009. So he probably will try to turtel-attack you “in front of your kids” by scaring them with his crazy coward eyes and amphibian-looks. I assume Your youngest kid could kick his ass. By the way… If he is such a super self-conscious jew why the fuck has he not at least served in the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) like many of my jewish friends did voluntarily to pay their tribute to their poltical and/or religious beliefs? Whatever your opolitical position might be, but sitting on your fat ass and preaching this or that without paying dues is a typical attitude of self-rightious Coffe-Bar-Socialist or Crypto-Fascists who generally let other peoples sons die for their “causes”.
Pretty stupid response to say that Israel had been responsible for killing kids CJ.
Not only can it be said of pretty much every country this year (US included) but it demonstrates you’re luring the conversation to get into an Israel v Muslim type debate by only mentioning Israel, thus pushing your own agenda. Also, do I really need to fall back on the cliche “2 wrongs don’t make a right”. Go read a newspaper or find out what’s going on all over the world if you think that what’s going on in Israel – which has the most press coverage and exposure of any other conflict/racial tension and therefore completely takes the perspective out of it – is the worst of what happens. Go check the 8 yr old kid who had his arm cut off in Iran for stealing some bread, or go see the Sikhs and Hindus fucking each other up in India, don’t worry about the Tamils in Sri Lanka being exterminated. And let’s ignore Sudan.
Weak. Would have expected more but you and Bol seem to be writing from an emotional place on this issue so I can see where the lack of consistency is coming from.
Fuck killing kids on general, and fuck twiterring someone for saying something on the radio you disagree with only so you then have something to write about on your own blog. You’re doing the same thing, pushing your own agenda under the guise of an intelligent commentary exposing other people’s ignorance. Yet you can’t see the hypocrisy.
You and Rosenberg can both eat a dick, and get a clue if you think this private dispute between you and some other dude who no one cares about is really worth mentioning in a public forum. You wish he’ll mention you on Hot 97.
You both lost.
This is proof of who run the media. Peter is fully aware that no matter what he does or say he can get away with it as long as he claims the person at the receiving end of his rant is an “anti-semetic.” This is exactly why I make sure my kids stay reading to become more than just b-ball players and athletes. They need to be voters and policy makers.
How is it possible that some guy threatened to slap you in front of your children, yet once he used the Jewish card, to you defending yourself–apologetically for that matter. Am I missing something?
Kids take heed. Stay off the court and stay in school.
yo CJ
haha… i love to see beef (no homo)
yo at the hip hop honors you sat all the way up top? you was with your kid?
i thought some dude looked like you…
peace mang
C’mon dude. You call yourself “Combat Jack” and can’t handle a internet threat from a “Pudge Nubby”. That’s just lame. Maybe you should change the name of your blog to “Combat Jack-ASS” or “NO-Combat Jack”. Get over yourself.
I always liked Peter Rosenberg and thought Bol was just hating. But dam, dude showed his true colors. Fuck him! BTW: you should take a pic of and post those DMs he sent you.
“A wise man told me don’t argue with fools, cuz people from a distance can’t tell who is who”
I hear Rosenberg is into that Brazilian mixed martial art MMA shit. You better slow down on Pauly.
Rosenberg + politics is exactly the bullshit I said would happen once he gained the morning show.
I had a countdown to when he would use his show for political pulpitizm. I barely turned on the clock.
Then aligns himself regularly with Wu to give him some source of cred. People start saying “well, he down wit wu so he must know what hes sayin”.
“when he goes into this rant about why and how New Yorkers were allowing Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to speak at the UN General Assembly.” This is a very mainstream view shared by most New Yorkers. I’d imagine you’d hear this view echoed on any morning NY talk show that day, probably including your boy Errol Louis’.
it’s not just a sentimental attachment to the natural structure of my teeth and nose that would prevent my mentioning african perpetration of atrocity in darfur/rwanda et al if you leveled a diatribe against, say, president bush. i’m just not that sort of racist. your mention of israel wasn’t just subtly prejudiced. you could’ve mentioned any asshole country in the world but your mind plopped down on the jewish state.
i’m by no means a fan of peter rosenberg or israel or khadafy but i think you should apologize for that specific misstep in keeping with your record of trill bloggerdom.
love the site
I just wanted to drop some jewels about the whole anti-Semite dribble that Jews spill anytime you say something critical about them or Israel in general. Arabs are Semites. Palestinians, Syrians, Egyptians, Iraqis. A lot of people don’t know this because of ignorance, or simply because the debated is so lopsided. But being a Semite is analogous to being Latin. There are Latins as dark skinned as Roberto Clemente, light as Big Pun, or white as Ricky Martin. The one thing they all have in common is their language. In Arab countries you will find Arabs of various hues. Arabs speak Arabic, which is a Semitic language. If you really want to be technical, people who live in Malta are Semites, since they speak an Arabic dialect. Please pass this on to anyone you meet. I believe the only way we can neutralize these claims of unfounded, or warranted anti Semitism is by educating people, and each other on what a Semite is, and who.
You might give Hot 97 some relevance with Hiphop heads again if you keep bringing them up on the blog. Think about getting a check from them.
Nice to see mature talk but also leaving the lames that have brought this music down in there place.
Only hiphop blog left worth reading.
Or maybe it’s as simple as what he said: he’ll smack the shit out of you. I know Peter and it’s not a mental breakdown or him on some tough shit. It’s a simple as a mans reaction to racism. Bol is a proud antisemite, and your attempt to piggy back his anti jewish seniments to generate some controversy and get a little pub rightfully should get u smacked by the person ur attacking. U might not have a problem with Jews, but your intent doesn’t really matter when you team up with a racist like bol. Be a man and deal with the fact that you deserve to get hit if u run into peter. Or say fuck accountability and make a drama rich post on your blog about it. Real surprising you chose the latter.
lmao cj u got them yahoodis heated son. the state of israel is on par with aparheid south africa. it should never have been established where it is as there were already people living there. remember, that in 1948, public swimming pools in amerikkka had signs that read “no blacks, no dogs, and no jews” . the powers that be in the us and uk didn’t want an influx of jews from war torn europe and thus established israel. as a muslim i believe the should be no compulsion in religion, so i don’t hate jews, but i do hate zionists as this is synonymous with thievery. cj i applaud and echo your sentiment that calling out israel is not anti semitic. shots fired!!! …. booyaka
thats why you cant and we shouldnt let whites get involved in hiphop. hiphop is straight black ghetto new york music that a jew like him will never understand. fuck rosenfuck. fuck all white people in hiphop too.
Rosenberg doesn’t resonate outside of NYC
this entire thing reminds me of an exchange between junior high girls.
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