Well here's my first post on this Blogger and I'd say it's a pretty good topic. Barak Obama is now not only being supported by rappers, he's actually making it into their songs. sites like hiphop-elements.com show his name and say stuff about Master P and other rappers supposting him, and now CNN and the Associated Press show rappers dropping his name in lyrics.
Talib Kwali has a lyric that says "speak to the people like Barak Obama"
Common has a song with the line "My raps ignite the people like Obama"
And Jin even put the namesake in his title in the song 'Open Letter 2 Obama'
I think it's pretty cool that politics is getting into new forms of the media and becoming more culturally diverse. I mean i'm a typical middle class white kid from the suburbs so my understanding of the black culture isn't perfect, but to see a young politician being referred to as "B-rock" and influencing people in a way not geared towards violence and abuse is fairly new and pretty cool. In terms of the 2008 election, this appeal can't do anything but help him. He gets a new following, free advertising, and has his image shed in a new and positive light.
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