After some serious consideration, TIME has crowned that Barack Obama guy as 2008’s Person of the Year. And Obama had to overcome some terribly stiff competition to win the honor, with Henry Paulson and Sarah Palin in the running as well. I remember casting my vote for this thing last month and thinking, “Sarah Palin or Barack Obama? Man, this is such a tough decision.”

Joe Lieberman just called to ask why his yawn-inducing speeches didn’t earn him the award.

Nas & DJ Green Lantern - Election Night

From the man who gave you “Black President” and co-penned “My President Is Black” comes “Election Night”. Here he recaps Obama’s journey, referencing his grandmother’s death. Apparently, this was written within the last 24 hours.

[Spotted @ NR]

With just 24 hours left before the most historic election of our time, it’s no news that political awareness is at an all time high. More significantly, hip-hoppers are high on Barack Obama. Many of them took the stage in front of about 800 people at the Chester Robinson Athletic Center at Florida Memorial University for a “Last Chance for Change” rally yesterday. In attendance were Jay-Z, Diddy, Kevin Liiles, Russell Simmons, Beyonce, Mary J Blige, and many more.

See some Kodak moments, as well as one troubling comment from Kevin Liles, after the cut . Read the rest of this entry »

This hilarious web commercial is Obama’s way of warning his supporters about the danger of celebrating before the race is won. Apparently, Obama’s camp got the idea from this video.

Obama turns away to go see his ailing grandmother and his camp turns his YouTube channel into BET. First Nas, now Jay. Either way, I respect their grind.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama today during an appearance on Meet the Press. Powell described Obama as a transformational figure and dismissed McCain as a different face on the same ol’ “Republican agenda.” I’m not surprised by Powell’s endorsement, considering that he always seemed like the odd man in the Bush cabinet. He pretty much walked away from that sinking ship with his integrity intact.

By the way, I’m eager to hear what everyone has to say about that new Oliver Stone movie, W. My main gripe with the movie was that it left out crucial aspects of the Bush story and rehashed the ones we already knew. In the case of Colin Powell (played by Jeffrey Wright), he was pressured to serve up a plate of cooked intelligence to the U.N. as justification for the Iraq War, despite his strong opposition to the idea.

Obama early voting ad in XBox 360 game, Burnout Paradise

Obama is running the most innovative presidential campaign of our generation. There’s no media form that he hasn’t already penetrated. I see Obama ads everywhere I go. While window-shopping on iTunes the other day, I ran into an Obama campaign app that allows people to call their friends and gives supporters access to his positions on major issues. I couldn’t help but notice this comment by one iTunes user, “I heard McCain’s app will be released on VHS.” That commenter is wrong, of course. McCain’s app will be released on the Blackberry, which McCain himself invented.

Obama also spends a massive chunk of his campaign funds on TV ads. Last week, I was watching the Colbert Report when the following message popped up on my screen: “Click ‘Select’ to see the Obama Channel.” I did. Sure enough Obama’s camp bought an entire channel on Dish Network to air his ads 24/7. Genius.
Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s Jay-Z’s PSA for the next President of the Free World, Barack Obama.

Hey, this guy Barack Obama is running for President and he wants you readers of VIBE to vote for him. But isn’t he preaching to the converted?

Related Posts:
Obama’s Ludacris Issue
Ti$a is voting Obamaway
It’s Obama Time

Everytime a reporter lures Obama into talking about hip-hop he seizes the opportunity to rehash these 4 talking points:

1. I’m older than hip-hop
2. Jay-Z and Kanye are my favorites (Luda was stricken from this list after his politically incorrect “Politics As Usual”)
3. I respect the hustle of hip-hop entrepreneurs
4. Rappers need to stop saying “bitches” and “hoes”

Well, not in those words. But you get the point. Anyway, Obama shouting out hip-hop is obviously a big deal. It’s such a big deal that news sites can’t get enough of it. So, in the spirit of celebrating Obama’s historic endorsement of some hip-hop, here are some excerpts of a recent dialogue between MTV’s resident Rastafarian Sway Calloway and Barack Obama.
Read the rest of this entry »