article_snippet: (CNN)Things got testy on "CNN Tonight" when conservative commentator Ferguson charged that rappers like Trinidad James are profiting off the n-word.
article_snippet: I think you know that we should probably get rid of the n-word, but in reality, I think many rappers are afraid many rappers will lose out on money and sales and street cred if many rappers don't stop using the n-word.
article_snippet: I'm not making money just because I use the n-word.
article_snippet: Nobody goes to buy an album because it's full of the n-word.
article_snippet: To which Ferguson responded: "Trinidad, you wouldn't be on this show tonight if this show wasn't for using the n-word in your rap music.
article_snippet: Trinidad James wouldn't be on the show for his use of the word if a white woman hadn't said the n-word on a tape," Trinidad James said.
article_snippet: White people have been saying the [n-word] long before Trinidad was born.