USA President Barack Obama Opinion On Hip-Hop & Rap 2008

[ministertornister]

RON PAUL = PREZIDENT 2012

[edwinr360]

He's tight?? .... No comment..

[MCENDLISS]

u hide real Hip Hop cuz it would wake people up to the injustice ur corporations n secret societies r involved with trying to turn this world into a facist police state..da real aint fooled wit ur propaganda..illuminati..means light but u aint really illuminaed cuz u people blind people by ur light but hide the light n knowledge from everyone else to keep em as slaves for self beneficial reasons .....the true light bearers are the ones who carry it and share it

[MCENDLISS]

ur a puppet u gotta say sht the public sheople wanna here..if jays ur boi why is he still spittin the same evil sht...prolly cuz yall go to the same masonic lodge..u like jay z who got a track called lucifer..i aint even christian im just a concious Hip Hoppa who knows ur just a puppet to save ur own ass...

[MCENDLISS]

there is real Hip Hop and theres been real Hip Hop wit a positive upliftin message yet u still censor it from the radio with this mainstream garbage..u smilen when u say u want jay z to rap bout other things then materialism cuz u love materialism...riding in ur bullet proof cars n chillin in underground bunkers in ur big white house..

[goodguyj]

Jay was sick back in reasonable doubt days, he fell off though styll.

[FlySolo93]

Obama should listen to Eminem, he talks about material things almost never. He does degrade women though but if you look up about his past, you would understand why he dosen't have much respect for women.

[MiloBoz]

@FlySolo93 ahaha no doubt.. I'm not surprised the rapper with the most money is his favorite rapper : ) Just put a ILL freestyle about Obama on my channel.. Check that shit and let me know ur thoughts..

[honeegrrl]

@FlySolo93 Don't you think he has a right to listen to whatever he wants? Remember he is married with 2 daughters so why would he listen to anything that disrespects women. There is nothing wrong with listening to music that sends a positive message.

[honeegrrl]

@FlySolo93 Also like he said, hip hop is very smart. We already know the problems let's talk about the solutions.

[MrWiidsi]

@FlySolo93 That interview was 2008 when Em was down, so maybe that´s why he didn´t mention him

[eattherich588]

He says the artists he loves have messages degrading to women and use the "'n' word a little too frequently" yet he still listens to them and pays them money to perpetuate their careers by buying their music. This is the President of the United States of America.

[MrDukke45]

OBAMA IS  GANGSTER !!

[MrDukke45]

OBAMA IS A GANGSTER !!

[MrDukke45]

OBAMA IS A GANGSTER !!

[hakeemhorrison]

this interview right here shows you that obama is a real nigga earth wind and fire is the shit!

[FIFA10Vid]

hey obama, why don't you listen to the track "words i never said", because you're scared of the truth ? :)

[terceldude]

I listen to German rap! :)

[madimad757]

ILLUMINATIIIIIII



[YoungSlay23]

DAMMM THISS FOOL WAS HIGH ASS FUCK! LOL

[makedatchedder]

OBAMA.. LISTEN TO IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE AND LOWKEY. THEN YOU'LL SEE HIP HOP COS THOSE RAPPERS WOULD CHANGE THE WAY U ACT

[Javis586]

Fucking awesome guy, fucking terrible President.

[G4Lriri]

soooo glad he didn't say lil wayne.

[Deejayirie]

Check my video I put as a video response (never Scared, A Tribute To Hip Hop) if you want to see Obama talking over a beat. His part starts at 1:01.

[DonCOR72Z]

kanye and jay z are artists?? jay z, a gangster? Obama talkin' about communities that arent torn up by violence? :)

[khoatran4306]

why does people hate on jay z?

[TheCoolCatsClub]

I wonder if Obama listens to ofwgktadgaflllsbb

[pepinozinanasshole]

once you go black you never go back

[SiferUno]

Obama should defenetly listen to Immortal Technique

[mitchthemich]

OBAMA 2012 !!!!

[Milesb69]

OBAMA IS A G JUST SAYIN

[MusikJunky93]

@Milesb69 l0l believe dhat he's quite gangster hahaha

[TPTransmission]

Sweet! Talking about art and hip hop as a mirror to the present and the future society! //TPT

[inveiglment5402]

he didn't include lil wayne 

[XEminemXBoyX]

@inveiglment5402 thats cuz lilwayne sucks!

[FleshHungryFiend]

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[navagadablackk]

I RAP ABOUT REAL STORIES... THAT THE WORLD CAN UNDERSTAND... NO B.S

[navagadablackk]

DOWN TO EARTH... CHECKOUT MY MUSIC

[MMOCallum]

Obamas Hip with the kids

[lomf]

obamas on some earth wind and fire? president got a good taste in music.

[kevin3350]

i don't like him much as a president, but he seems like a chill dude haha

[JessieTease]

Dam Obama listens to JayZ&Kanye

[itsallgood239]

Rap and hiphop today sucks...The only good shit is the underground stuff. The stuff on the radio is bullshit...The only reason I listen to Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka is because they rap about shit I do

[Karmakes]

@itsallgood239 Hell ya, KMK and Potluck forever

[TheDreamskater]

obama for president, ohh he is already president

yes we can!

[lambsquad17]

don't interrupt him ever again punk

[mossman2012]

who gives a fuck about jay z what u people dont see is that

the more u keep buying this wack ass rappers album them the

more rich he gets fuck him u dont see jay z giveing back to the hood

cos thay all greedy for the money come on now money is made out

of paper if u had fucking sense we could solve all this buy giveing the

people more money instead of being greedy then we would not have people

robbing car and stealing and growing weed people do this to survive so fuck u all!!!

[Mikelovision]

Tupac is my favorite rapper but all of you hipsters are ridiculous. Jay-z is the most successful rapper of all time. More number 1 albums than ELVIS PRESLEY. Not even Michael Jackson did that. 2pac was not loved until he died. Give respect to where respect is due. Jay z is a great storyteller and song writer. OBAMA for 2012

[TEACHYOUTEEWHY]

@Mikelovision You know something?? You're absolutely right.

[Mikelovision]

@TEACHYOUTEEWHY The information is out there. People are often blinded by their bias. Ignorance is bliss, to most.

[kcafkrafts]

OBAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[mossman2012]

ok shut the fuck jay z he waccckkk

dammm the truest niggas on this

fucking planet is 2pac he wonted

change just like i do and u ant doin

for the people so fuck u obama bitch nigga

[redefiningsk8ing]

@mossman2012 your saying fuck obama because you guys have different taste in music? you make sooo much sense.

[scottyjay1988]

fuck you obama we need a white president

[Lolzer626]

@scottyjay1988 because that makes a difference?

[MikeCityTv]

Yall need to wake the fuck up and realize that this illuminati shyt DOES NOT EXIST! YOU ALL ARE FUCKING FOLLOWERS!! YALL DON'T KNOW SHYT ABOUT POLITICS, NEWS, CURRENT EVENTS, HISTORY, NOTHING!!

[Luchito514]

damn its obvious that he dont know shit about hip-hop

[MakaveliSoulja2010]

fuck gay z

[MrKMC92]

Check out my music. Thanks in advance.

[SuperFunnybob]

obama has some shitty tastes in rap wheres tech em tupac 50 dre snoop ice cube eazy e?

[hustla960]

YOU LIKE GAY Z JUST CUZ HE IS DA MAJOR ILLUMINATI FAG JUST LIKE YOU FUCKING ILLUMINATI PUPPETS YOU CAN ALL SUCK MY BLACK DICK PUNKS ASS BITCHES

[SuperSteveo94]

funny how when hes being interviewed by a black man, and knows mainly black people will watch this how is vocab and tone changes. dont care that he does this but its annoying how he'll be a well mannered, respectable guy in a conversation with a white person, but when he talks with or about black people, suddenly hes talking like a stero typical black man. It gets annoying man, just be 1 guy,

[maxwiili]

@SuperSteveo94 blah blah blah blah

[SuperSteveo94]

@maxwiili

Dont act like you notice it to. Its annoying that he does it. Everyone knows Obama was going to win the 08 election once it got down to him and McCain. The think that pisses me off though is that he got alot of votes from black people b/c hes half black, and hasnt done remotely anything to help the black communtiy which he tries to act like he does. Definitly wanting ron paul to be the next prez, dis guy hasnt worked out^

[ninosM1]

obama shut the fuck up omg you stole tupacs place stupid fuck fake ass nigga go help your people instead of spending money on weapons!

[ninosM1]

WHAT!? GAY Z = american gangsta/ oh kiss my ass biatch u only like the illuminati gays

[theAYLEEYUN]

Honestly you guys who gives a fuck what kind of hip-hop he listens to, hes a president that listens to hip-hop and has an ipod! Thats fuckin dope

[honeegrrl]

@theAYLEEYUN And has a blackberry, how cool is that?

[terceldude]

@theAYLEEYUN Amen! :)

[FUnKMEnews]

Seriously with the topic and all the things he stated towards the end, how could he not even mention 2pac!!!!!

[kuduro1000timesBest]

Jay-Z is the king of hip hop...no 2 pac no big no EMENEM..its Jay-z

[fatherjon908]

@kuduro1000timesBest stop

[117t0mz]

@kuduro1000timesBest Shut the fuck up, 2pac is 100X better than Jay-Z. 2Pac was a legend and always will be. R.I.P Tupac <3.

[snoopdogg111000]

@117t0mz He is better for you, but for me Jay-Z is better!

[atzefanz]

Does anyone know who did this interview or from which show it was taken from?

[almatsyuy]

HE talks about Kanye and Jay-Z are illuminati as well as him

[MCVViankana]

"Cough" Obama is NOT black, he is Duel-citizen/mix race 

[dannyphantom68]

@MCVViankana Black is dominant

[dannyphantom68]

@dannyphantom68 Black is a dominant trait so he is black

[QafqazWolf]

This shows Obama is fuckin clown

[Marley94Hendrix]

True dat

[paveltee1]

tells a story my fucking ass, listen to pac dichead

[PyroNexus22]

@paveltee1 Pac is not the best rapper for a lot of people.

[187Koo]

Wat about Eazy Motherphukkin E ?

[ProductionMarx]

@187Koo compton had jerry curls drippin on ronald reagan's shoes

[TheZombieMerker]

fuk JAY Z ALL ABOUT 2 PAC !!

[MikeCityTv]

@TheZombieMerker GET OFF PAC'S DICK, THAT'S LIKE THE ONLY 90'S RAPPER YALL EVER HEARD ABOUT!!

[RuthlessRecords2010]

He Needs Some EAZY-E .. George Bush Waz Hiz Fan Back N Tha Dayz LOL

[MrKon14]

he would say jay-z, illuminati

[charlesbyers]

man, if he had said tribe, i could then never questioned him ever again.

[GreasemonkeyCGI]

@charlesbyers Boo Ya Tribe?

[ThaRalpmeister]

@GreasemonkeyCGI A Tribe Called Quest

[gonebeyond77]

MR Obama, If you are not feelin the ' material riches lyrics ' , check some 'Dead Prez' , they made a good tune you would dig called ' Propaganda' , I would suggest listenin to some 'Immortal Technique' ,'Dance with the Devil ' good story rap , and ' Cause of Death ' might just have you chuckling and giggling , You might also dig some ' public Enemy :fight the power' when working out,,or when you are in a sentimental mood , ' Mr Lif : Obama'

[gonebeyond77]

@gonebeyond77

And when writing your next speech on Foreign Policy , check out ' KRS 1 :Squash all Beef ' while chillin in your office.

[gonebeyond77]

@gonebeyond77 You may say that I'm a dreamer , but I HOPE , that 'John Lennon:Imagine' is in his playlist too.....

[gwal31]

no fuckn nas come on hes a fuckin lyrical murderous genius

[TimLincecum211]

I'm Jewish I'm fucking sick of people stereotyping us. We're not all rich nor are we all white. There's Ethiopian Jews and Hispanic Jews. Everyone stfu about us killing Jesus he was a great prophet well respected. Pontius pilat killed him. Stop with all the Jews run the media and record labels shit.

[IDoNeedADoctor]

Never thought I hear a president admit to liking hip-hop...

[no3ggs4u]

@IDoNeedADoctor Cuz they were all old white guys.

[sweetlove1171]

i love my Black President.

[Sanseven73]

why did he say KANYE, and JAY-Z?

because they are in illuminati and so is this fuck!

the fake jews ( freemasons ) control what they say and what message to delievere to have a new world order to change the world in one world government so they can run it! Rothschilds and rockefellers think they are the god and can do whatever they want by creating wars and making trillions of dollars WAKE UP PEOPLE dont listen to these pupets... america these days is just a big pile of shit!

[ThaRalpmeister]

@Sanseven73 AND TELL ME, WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU GET ALL THAT INFO ABOUT FREEMASON AND ILLUMINATI??????

[Sanseven73]

@ThaRalpmeister it's called knowledge

[ThaRalpmeister]

@Sanseven73 No, Its not called knowledge. A Black man in the illuminati? Last Time i checked that was most racist party.

[Sanseven73]

@ThaRalpmeister wat u mean black man in the illuminati? you are the one that sounds racist by making that comment

[ThaRalpmeister]

@Sanseven73 wtf are you talking about. There aint no black man in the illuminati. Illuminati is one of the biggest racist parties. You needa advance your comprehension. And these NWO bullshit you talk about? How are you certain of this shit. Dont believe everything you see on the internet...

[QafqazWolf]

@Sanseven73 , I agree this is just a show to show some dumbass ppl Kanye West is better than a 2Pac, Dre and other giid raooers

[Sanseven73]

@QafqazWolf kanye west is better than 2pac? wtf is wrong with you san!?!!!?!?

[SolaceOfMushin]

Obama my man, your listening to mainstream crap...get underground......not that your puppet master would let you, but still.....

[rocketballa8032]

Obama sucks

[bartguys]

Rappers and these sellouts in the game reak of ASSIMILATION (LOOK IT UP DUMBASSES)

Selling out to the white man for his contracts, and money while their people go poor. All those diamonds come at a bloody price but these niggas thing they're OG's cuz they disrespect the beautiful black women and make the black man jealous of his green paper with a dead white man on it??

THESE CATS ARE BITCHES TO THE WHITE MAN---DOING EXACTLY AS HE SAYS!!!

DON'T SELL OUT LIKE THESE ASSIMILATED BUSTAS

[RememberSoCal]

@bartguys i think you mean the jews. white people dont sell rap music, jews are the ones that own record labels and create sellouts for all genres.

[bartguys]

@RememberSoCal UMMMMMMMMM JEWS ARE ANGLO-- WHITE. Come on broooo, the anglo man is the most evil animal the world has known.

But yea assimilation is all the same and destructive

[dantee112]

where was 2pac?!!!!!!!!!!

[fordcrossie]

@dantee112 the things he is saying about what he dislikes about hiphop is exactly what 2 pac wasn't Obama really has to listen to 2pac! :(

[wilemyeah]

@dantee112 he would not name pac or eminem cause they are against secret society like illuminatis... and pac was an killuminati btw Obama is an illuminati (Free Mason) he named jay-z cause they are illuminai puppets and members..

[wilemyeah]

@dantee112 i mean kanye and jay-z..

[TheBosama]

This is just a load of bullshit! Obama, do you really expect us to trust this nonsence? You.. trying to be a hipster, trying to commit to whats real?

Please "wigger".. go amongst your own kind. Keep ruining the world, keep playing it safe. That is all you know sir.

[Taberkalosis]

Obama hit it ri on the head. The mainstream hip hop, does not have the knowledge the Underground. good hip hop real hip hop, has Knowledge. Str8 Up. Good Job Obama, now fix our problems lol

[booyakasha11]

AESOP ROCK

[RaminnS]

more money, more cars, more.....HOES

[siouxfan1000]

He needs some pac and pun

[brutalturn]

Lil Jon yeahhhh!!!

[Baiju900]

He should listen to Ice Cube, Nas, Rakim and Wu Tang

[bugzak47]

Obama likes mainstream hip hop. I can bet he doesn't like immortal technique,lowkey, dead prez, canibus because they all dissing the illuminati government

[TheBosama]

@bugzak47 <<< now this is something that makes sence. ( yet i doubt he likes hip-hop in any degree whatsoevah ) He is still just a fake headlight face - aka puppet.

[dannyferrary666]

why jay z iluminati



[tammymism]

jay-z tells a story. he sure does. "money, cash, hoes" lol

[kc307]

I like Obama. He has charisma.

[USC2587]

If kids from the ghetto want to succeed, they need to stop listening to rap music because it's brainwashing the shit out of them. If a kid wants to get out of the ghetto, then he or she needs to do really well in school, don't socialize with other kids in the ghetto. Birds of a feather flock together. Hang out with smart kids and smart people in general. You'll be the outcast in the ghetto and will probably be called an Uncle Tom, but u will be the only successful one down the road.

[USC2587]

The Pres. is saying some good shit and not just kissing up to these rappers to look cool. He's telling them they need to send a better message. The problem with getting them to talk about reading, getting an education, and being better fathers is......How many rappers have actually done any of that shit? They've never really had to do anything. These rappers are only popular because they talk about shooting people and selling drugs.

[russskates26]

@USC2587 You dont undersatnd there is PLENTY of Positive Rap out there its just not exposed. YOUR BEING IGNORANT.

[TwincVanilaSpilla]

obama really hates hiphop lmao me to

[joetotheflow]

Obama needs to listen to Lecrae!

[MelleMayout]

Cette homme est un véritable icône, quoi !

[Equon1]

Obama really needs to hear KRS ONE

[whoisdarkkent]

@Equon1 dude, hes talking about "present day" hip hop, not hip hop from 20 years ago.

[Equon1]

@whoisdarkkent present day shit aint hip hop for me, just a bunch of faggets making a fucking circus for win prices

[whoisdarkkent]

@Equon1 You seem too miss the point. He's talking about he state of Hip-Hop "PRESENT DAY" not 2 decades ago. It doesn't matter what you or I listen too. He's talking about what the current "largest" consumers of this genre namely teens/early twenty-somthings listen too as a measure for what is going on "TODAY". Obviously Obama was 28 in 1991, I'm sure he's familiar with BDP.

[hondefronz]

barack oweezy!!!!!

[Humanrightsforall1]

What is Hip Hop? Beats and rhymes, the problem is it's been abused no end. Why is it every prick says to like hip hop means you have to like Jay Z, Pac, Biggie, etc. It's nonsense it's a broad church that has been abused by capitalism.

[coleski911]

he rides on mainstream rapper dicks. nuff said.

[CuriosityRoads]

Without a script this guy can barely string a sentence together.

[LOLUFAIL123]

Eminem is the only rapper I can stand. The others make my ears bleed.

[metsfanshea07]

@LOLUFAIL123 you should see a doctor about that

[russskates26]

@LOLUFAIL123 Thats ignorant Eminem isnt positive anymore. I can name 20 rappers who are FAR more skilled than Eminem.

[keenan871]

@russskates26 go ahead name me 5

[russskates26]

@keenan871 Ok heres 5 Positive rappers.

1. Mos Def

2. Common

3.Tupac

4.Talib Kweil

5. The Pharcyde

[keenan871]

@russskates26 ok, you passed. 5 great rap acts. but, people will read them and say "what! you think so-and-so is better than eminem?" so what that means is their is no measure of best. we know eminem represents acceptance of the white interpretation of hip hop anyway, so interpreting his success as separate from him as a symbol is hard.

[Karmakes]

@russskates26 yo guys, more like Potluck, KMK, Tupac, certain Eminem, even Biggie Smalls and Nas and many other rappers and groups can rap and have positive messages, but most hip hop influence is expressing yourself to different people with different situations which is we have different opinions, like stoner bands can rap bout weed all the time, but also peace, love, care and respect, positive vibes from KMK??? Funeral from Potluck??? Beautiful from Eminem, Changes from Tupac... we all diffrnt

[MrDohmah]

@russskates26 who? all the rappers that are better than em are dead. lol big L big Pun pac, B.I.G eazy

in my opinion eminem is the best ALIVE rapper at the moment. jay Z, nas, immortal technique are close to his level but still not quite there.

[russskates26]

@MrDohmah Em is great for sure. But Nas has great storytelling skills and lYRICALLY AMAZING :D.

[suddenlystupid]

Everyone he mentions is black, thats OK he can go that way and he treats his presidency the same to hell with the other nationalities. He is bad for this country because he is a raciest. Who elected this man? Some people just because he was black forgetting he is half white, some because they believed him. A black friend in church actually said he was their messiah and he thinks he is the answer to all their problelms. How's your problems now?

[GogghyTV]

Obama is a dumb faggot, I dont believe that he talks so much shit and becomes a president

[vicgtasa]

bunch of sellout rappers listen to real hip hop

[LordKaisen]

left ear enjoyed this vehemently.

[ghjkent]

All the artists he mentioned are black. ..ride on.

[LEZTHEGOON]

immortal technique he needs to listen to 

[ragethegreat]

@Whatevanicca Your Point Being What ???

[superdog797]

Hmm...the president listens to self-proclaimed former crack peddlers for entertainment who rap about hoes and cash

[jptugagmr]

he should listen to immortal technique. to learn something

[JTCodel]

@jptugagmr haha, hell yeah bro.

[AlphaAccount]

"Smart" Hip-hop with positive messages is all in the underground. I agree with most of the posters here, that Obama probably doesn't know much about hip-hop, much less the underground. He's an old-school motown guy, which is fine. And he does recognize the fact that mainstream is over-materialistic.

But guys like Black Thought, Nas, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Kendrick Lamar, K.R.I.T., Monch, etc. need to be listened to if Hip Hop's image is going to be saved.

[colombobogota]

ha his being diplomatic but he's really saying that hip hop is empty and says nothing at all

[DUCEMAC11]

he should listen to NAS