08.20
07
07
Barack Obama’s Hip-hop Connection
by admin ·
Cnn offers an article exporing the presidential candidates power, or lack of it, with the hip-hop generation.
Barack Obama might not be leading the Democratic presidential field in national polls, but the freshman senator has managed to capture the imagination of the hip-hop community, comprised mostly of rap artists, music industry professionals, activists and young fans of all races.
Despite Obama’s sometimes critical opinion of rap music, the candidate’s name is being dropped on iPods, car stereos and music Web sites across the country.
Take one of the summer’s biggest songs: In his new single “The People,” Common uses the lyric: “My raps ignite the people like Obama,” while the song’s music video flashes on an “Obama ’08″ bumper sticker.
August 20th, 2007 at 4:34 am
[...] Read more: admin [...]
August 20th, 2007 at 10:14 am
[...] Read more from the original source: admin [...]
August 20th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
[...] >>Obamability: Why Hip-Hop loves Obama. [HRS] [...]
February 14th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Have You Checked the Sony Website for the Recent Sony Car Audio Design?…
I am sure that many of you have heard of Sony and the many interesting products that they have given us. One of their great inventions has to be that of the car audio system. With this musical device you can now listen to a variety of music whenever yo…