MSNBC Uses Pusha-T’s ‘S.N.I.T.C.H.’ to Explain Fed Cooperation

MSNBC Correspondent Ari Melber is famous for reciting rapper’s lyrics to help his television audience better understand a particular news story that he’s covering on The Beat With Ari Melber.

On his news broadcast, which was posted on YouTube on Thursday (June 10), Melber recited Pusha-T’s lyrics on “S.N.I.T.C.H.,” from his 2013 debut album My Name Is My Name, while explaining what it means to cooperate with the feds. This in relation to his news report about Allen Weisselberg, the CFO of the Trump Organization, who is under criminal investigation by the New York attorney general’s office in connection with his taxes. The Feds hope the pressure will turn Weisselberg into a cooperating witness against Donald Trump who is under a criminal investigation as well.

“Covered his own tracks, he didn’t care that,” says Melber. “We had a legacy he killed, I got to wear that/Break your heart when the man you call your brother, be the same one that set in motion all them undercovers/From great friends now it’s no affiliation, divided by the time he was facing.”

Push was elated to watch Melber used his bars on the show. The Virginia rhymer hopped on his Instagram page on Thursday to share a clip of the anchor mentioning his rhymes. “I have to be the most quoted on @thebeatwithari . @arimelber do the numbers and let the people know…,” he captioned the video.

This isn’t the first time that Melber has used rap lyrics to explain his point of view. Previously, the analyst has used Quavo’s lyrics on Migos’ 2018 track “Walk It Talk It” and Mobb Deep classic 1995 song “Shook Ones Part II” to rant about former president Donald Trump.

You can watch Ari Melber’s full break on Allen Weisselberg cooperating with the feds below. Fast forward to the 10:33-mark where he mentions Pusha T’s song “S.N.I.T.C.H.”