ABSTRACT
US President Barack Obama listens to Jay-Z. He demonstrated this on the 2008 campaign trail with a knowing gesture, wiping ‘Dirt Off His Shoulder’ to the crowd's amusement. The President of the United States also admits to enjoying Kanye West, Ludacris and Nas on his iPod; he has officially hosted the Chicago MC Common at the White House; and he demonstrates at least a passing familiarity with Lil Wayne, a fact he revealed on the 100th anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 2009 when he exclaimed, ‘They might think they've got a pretty good jump shot or a pretty good flow, but [they] can't all aspire to be LeBron [James] or Lil Wayne.’
