On September 6, 2007, Nas performed at a free concert for the Virginia Tech student body and faculty, following the school shooting there. He was joined by John Mayer, Alan Jackson, Phil Vassar, and Dave Matthews Band.A Concert For Virginia Tech . The Virginia Tech massacre; the bloodiest school massacre in American history, had taken place earlier that year, on April 16, 2007, when student Seung-Hui Cho, killed thirty-two people and wounded more, before committing suicide. Vt.edu. Retrieved August 1, 2007. When announced that Nas was to perform, political commentator Bill O'Reilly and Fox News denounced the concert and called for Nas's removal, citing "violent" lyrics on songs such as "Shoot 'Em Up", "Got Urself a Gun", and "Made You Look". During his "Talking Points Memo" segment for August 15, 2007, an argument erupted in which O'Reilly claimed that it was not only Nas's lyrical content that made him inappropriate for the event, citing the gun conviction on Nas's criminal record.
