Here’s the Hollywood inaugural celebration you didn’t see splashed all over TV: Rappers Young Jeezy and Jay-Z crazily cursing their heads off and screaming “Nigga” this and “Nigga” that as a crowd goes wild to Jeezy’s national anthem: “My President Is Black.” I wrote about the race-based song after Election Day here.
Jay-Z adapted the spiteful, race-obsessed lyrics to commemorate his man Barack Obama’s ascension to the throne (language warning). Can’t you just feel the post-racialism?:
(Hat tip – KMBExpert on Twitter)
MTV reported:
All hail the chief! Young Jeezy made immediate impact his first night in D.C.: Jeezy debuted a remix of the hip-hop national anthem right now, “My President.” Not too long after T.I. performed at D.C. club Love, the Snowman took to the stage for his “Presidential Status” inaugural ball — and his guest on the new version of “My President” was Jay-Z.
“My president is black, he’s black, he’s half white/ So even in a racist mind, he’s half right/ So if you got a racist mind, it’s alright/ My president is black, but his house is all white,” Jay spit a capella as the DJ pulled the music for his verse.
“No more white lies, my president is black!” Hov finished, as the crowd in the club repeated his last line over and over again.
Like Maya Angelou said, Obama is “president of the bigots.” All of them. Right, Ms. Angelou? Continue reading . . .
