No stranger to courting controversy , Rush Limbaugh has suggested rapper Kanye West would have a hit record if he recorded the same racist chant that cost the SAE fraternity its University of Oklahoma house . Speaking about Sigma Alpha Epsilon 's slurs on Wednesday 's show , Limbaugh dragged the Grammy-winning rapper into his monologue and claimed hip-hop shared the blame for capitalizing on the N-word in so many lyrics . 'If this had been a song by Kim Kardashian 's husband , and they 'd sung this song at the Grammys , this would be a hit . Can we all agree with that ? ' he asked . Rush Limbaugh believes a racist chant that cost a fraternity its University of Oklahoma campus house 'would be a hit ' if it was a Kanye West record . Limbaugh told his audience : 'If this had been a song by Kim Kardashian 's husband , and they 'd sung this song at the Grammys , this would be a hit . Can we all agree with that ? ' As The Daily News notes , Limbaugh 's rant came after mentioning MSNBC 's Mika Brzezinski 's controversial Twitter post that wondered if the fraternity had learned the word from listening to hip-hop . ' I 'm telling you that this stuff gets awards and the people that sing it are portrayed as American royalty in terms of celebrity . You ca n't deny that , ' Limbaugh said . But on Twitter few thought Rush was right . ' ... sickened by Joe Scarborough and Rush Limbaugh thinking hip-hop the cause of already-racist frat boys , ' wrote Twitter user Terry McCarty in Los Angeles . 'WE DON ’ T EVEN LIKE KANYE RIGHT NOW SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING , ' joked blogger Xavier D'Leau . Twitter users mocked Rush 's claim after the show aired . Some were even outraged over his insinuation . As news broke of the Oklahoma University SAE freshman chanting 'there will never be a n***** in SAE ' on a bus from the campus in Norman to the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club , the university 's president David Boren closed the campus fraternity . Following a swift investigation , he expelled the two ringleaders behind the song and said : ' I have emphasized that there is zero tolerance for this kind of threatening racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma . I hope that the entire nation will join us in having zero tolerance of such racism when it raises its ugly head in other situations across our country . ' Privately educated freshman Parker Rice , 19 , and his sophomore friend Levi Pettit , 20 , both from Dallas , expressed regret in the respective apologies as they accepted the expulsion but refused to explain who taught them the racist chant .
Radio host said argued frat members head the N-word more on hip-hop songs than anywhere else . 'If this had been a song by Kim Kardashian 's husband , and they 'd sung this song at the Grammys , this would be a hit . Can we all agree with that ? ' he asked . Statement comes after SAE fraternity loses its University of Oklahoma campus house over racist chant caught on video .