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?

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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.
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Did you receive the email? If not, I got your back:

“I have some important news that I want to make official. I’ve chosen Joe Biden to be my running mate. Joe and I will appear for the first time as running mates this afternoon in Springfield, Illinois — the same place this campaign began more than 19 months ago.”

The Good
I like Biden as VP. He’s smart, insightful, and thoroughly eloquent. Not to mention that his extensive foreign relations experience will silence critics who say Obama’s unfit for the presidency because he’s inexperienced in that area. Plus the man has a great personal story: he suffered brain aneurysm a couple centuries ago and almost died.

The Bad
There’s one major caveat with Biden as VP and I’ll get to that in a minute. But first, I wanted to say that all the msm pundits hammering on Senator Biden for his controversial remarks really need to stop. Have we become so sedated as a society that it’s now a sin to speak your mind, even if it means occasionally making racist statements about Indians or saying that black people aren’t usually articulate? Moreso than Biden’s talkative nature, the main drawback with his choice is that it exaggerates Obama’s weakness in the areas where Biden is strong. Some will argue that the fact that Biden has spent more than half of his life in the U.S. Senate contradicts Obama’s message of change. Well, that’s only if you were naive enough to believe that Obama was going to change Washington politics by disavowing everybody in Washington.

All said and done, they both look presidential and vice-presidential respectively.

The part where Barack says “Is that the best you can come up with?” (apparently in response to McCain’s attempt to juxtapose Obama with celebretards like Paris and Britney) is classic.

Jay Smooth offers an excellent analysis of the Ludacris — Obama flap.

Obama says, “I think you’re good, but you should stop using words like “bitch.”
Luda says, “Obama thinks I’m good, bitch!” Haha!

This is better than that T.I. video.

Even though the AP called it for Obama as early as 2:00 pm yesterday, I waited to see if anything would change overnight. You never know with the Clinton Machine. But it looks like Obama has the nomination locked down for sure this time. His 2,156 delegate tally puts him well above the 2,118 required to win the nomination.
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