Image via YouTube screenshot/CNBC

CNBC wanted some music to take a recent newscast into a commercial break. News anchor Kelly Evans was talking about money, so naturally someone decided Chris Brown would complement the story nicely. Wait, what?

In the short clip, viewers can very distinctly hear the lyrics, “Getting paid, every single day, with my nigg*s, my nigg*s Chris and Jay.”

Maybe CNBC was trying to use a popular song, but I didn’t think anyone even liked Chris Brown anymore. There are countless songs about money that don’t involve the N words, even some popular ones, but I guess CNBC couldn’t think of any.

Katherine Pilnick

Katherine Pilnick primarily writes about money for Wall Street Insanity. She’s previously written for sites including Forbes, The Washington Post and Business Insider.

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