My President And Rap: Lupe Fiasco, Jay-Z, and Obama's Relationship With Hip-Hop

From ThinkProgress Thu Jan 24 2013, 18:34:48

Over at The New Republic, Erik Nielson has a somewhat strange piece up about President Obama's relationship to what he projects as a monolithic hip-hop community: Although he said in a 2008 interview that he saw a place for hip-hop in the national dialogue, his engagement with it has largely consisted of slips and quips--calling [...]

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