Toby Keith dead at 62 after losing battle to cancer

>> Carley: >> Todd: COUNTRY MUSIC STAR TOBY KETIH DIED AT THE AGE OF 62. >> Todd: TOBY KETIH PASSED PEACEFULLY LAST NIGHT SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY. HE FOUGHT WITH GRACE AND COURAGE, PLEASE RESPECT THE PRIVACY OF HIS FAMILY. IN 2022 KEITH REVEALED HE HAD BEEN BATTLING STOMACH CANCER. TOMI LAHREN JOINS US NOW, YOUR REFLECTION ON THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF TOBY KETIH? >> Tomi: BEING HERE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, IT HITS DIVER IN MUSIC CITY. TOBY KETIH A BIG PART OF THIS TOWN AND COUNTRY MUSIC AND HE WAS THE FIRST CONCERT I EVER ATTENDED. I THINK

ABOUT HIS PATRIOTIC ANTHEMS IN THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11. HE WAS A FANTASTIC PATRIOT. WE’RE HAPPY HE’S AT PEACE NOW. OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS GO TO HIS FAMILY AND COUNTRY MUSIC INDUSTRY. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER TOBY KETIH. >> Carley: SO RIGHT ABOUT THAT. HE WAS IN HIS 30s WHEN HE SIGNED HIS FIRST RECORD DEAL, WHICH IS LATE IN THE GAME. HE WORKED AS A RODEO HAND AND IN THE OKLAHOMA OILFIELD AND PLAYED SEMIPROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY, A PRETTY INTERESTING DETAIL. HE TALKED ABOUT EARLY DAYS WANTING TO BE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND POSTED

THIS FIVE DAYS AGO. WATCH THIS. >> FIRST SONG I WROTE I WAS 14 OR 15 YEARS OLD, CALLED IF YOU’RE HANDING OUT A HEARTACHE. IT WASN’T BAD, IT

WAS INSTRUCTURED RIGHT, BUT IT WASN’T VERY GOOD EITHER. THE PEOPLE AROUND HERE WERE LIKE THAT’S A GREAT SONG, IT IS JUST A SONG, 5000 SONGS AGO. >> Carley: THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE SONGS HE’S DONE SINCE. ONE REASON HE’S SO SPECIAL IS BECAUSE OF HIS BEAUTIFUL VOICE AND HE HAS A CLEVER WAY WITH WORDS. HIS LYRICS, SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COWBOY, I LOVE THIS BAR, AMERICAN SOLDIER. THESE

SONGS ARE THE ANTHEMS TO OUR LIVES. >> Tomi: YOU ARE RIGHT. HE IS AUTHENTIC AND GENUINE. I GET CHILLS WHEN YOU HEAR “COURTESY OF THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE”, IF YOU ARE A PROUD AMERICAN. HE WAS, HE LOVED THIS COUNTRY AND FAMILY. WE NEED MORE MEN LIKE TOBY KETIH, HE WILL NEVER ARE FORGOTTEN IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. WHAT AN AMAZING MAN AND SUCH A LOSS FOR US TODAY. >> Todd: RANDOM FACT, WENT TO VILLANUEVA UNIVERSITY. 95% OF VILLANUEVA COME FROM NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT AND A COUNTRY BOY LIKE TOBY KETIH WENT TO STUDY

PETROLEUM IN THE OIL INDUSTRY. >> Carley: THAT SONG, “COURTESY OF THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE” HOW MANY SERVICE MEMBERS LISTENED TO THE LYRICS ON REPEAT. >> Todd: A LIFE WELL LIVED. SENATE SET TO VOTE ON BORDER SECURITY BILL TOMORROW AND SHARPTON IS TRYING TO FLIP THE BORDER CRISIS AND USES AN INTERESTING WORD. LISTEN. >> YOU ARE GETTING MIGRANTS BEATING UP POLICEMEN IN STREETS OF NEW YORK AND INFLUX OF MIGRANTS THAT HAVE PEOPLE OUTRAGED AND COULDN’T THERE BE PUBLIC PRESSURE PUT NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS SAYING WHY ARE YOU ALLOWING THIS TO CONTINUE. WE ARE LOOKING EVERYDAY

AT THE INVASION OF MIGRANTS AND THEY ARE PLAYING A TIME GAME WITH POLITICS? >> Todd: PUTTING THE POLITICS ASIDE, IS AL SHARPTON IN DANGER OF BEING CANCELLED BECAUSE HE USED INVASION. YOU DON’T HEAR THAT ON CNN AND THE LIKE. >> Tomi: EVEN A BLIND SQUIRREL FINDS A NUT EFR NOW AND THEN. I WILL SAY THAT IS WHERE HIS REALITY ENDS. HE LOOKS AT THIS BILL, I DON’T KNOW IF HE READ IT OR UNDERSTANDS IT LEGITIMIZES INVASION AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER. REPUBLICANS NEED TO DO THEIR JOB. JOE BIDEN COULD FIX THIS ANY TIME HE WANTS. JOE

BIDEN COULD FIX IT RIGHT NOW WITH STROKE OF A PEN. HE UNDID NATIONAL SECURITY WITH THE STROKE OF A PEN UNDOING EVERYTHING TRUMP DID. MAYBE SHARPTON SHOULD SEND A MESSAGE TO JOE BIDEN AND LET HIM KNOW HE CAN STOP THE INVASION WHEN HE CHOOSES. >> Carley: SHARPTON

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