It's the Hip-Hop President ; (1) Off the Record(2) America's Biggest Stars Have Found a Kindred Spirit in Barak Obamaamerica's Biggest Stars Have Found a Kindred Spirit in Barack Obama

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FOR once, a major event has happened in American culture and the music world isn't waiting to hear what Bruce Springsteen thinks about it. Barack Obama hasn't just changed the face of US politics, he's changed its soundtrack too.

Hip-hop has been cheerleading for Obama since he was far from the favourite for the presidency.

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It's the Hip-Hop President ; (1) Off the Record(2) America's Biggest Stars Have Found a Kindred Spirit in Barak Obamaamerica's Biggest Stars Have Found a Kindred Spirit in Barack Obama

Rappers Common and Talib Kweli both namechecked him in songs as far back as mid- 2007. In August last year the candidate, a more appropriate cover star for Time or ...

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