Even if Barack Obama, the U.S. presidential candidate, could
have a song or two by rapper Ludacris in his playlist, that doesn’t mean that
he can’t tell when the rapper is crossing the line.
Rapper Ludacris, by his real name Christopher Bridges, made
a song in which he supports Barack Obama but offends his opponents. According
to BBC, Obama’s presidential campaign rejected the rapper’s new song, calling
it “outrageously offensive.”
“As Barack Obama has said many, many times in the past, rap
lyrics today too often perpetuate misogyny, materialism, and degrading images
that he doesn't want his daughters or any children exposed to. This song is not
only outrageously offensive to Sen. Clinton, Rev. Jackson, Sen. McCain and
President Bush, it is offensive to all of us who are trying to raise our children
with the values we hold dear,” said campaign spokesman Bill Burton in an e-mail
statement on Wednesday.
Ludacris is not at all shy about calling President Bush “mentally
challenged” and insulting Hillary Clinton and John McCain. He used a misogynistic
term, which is almost omnipresent in hip-hop songs, to describe Hillary Clinton
and, referring to John McCain, the Republican candidate, the rapper said that
he didn’t belong in “any chair unless he’s paralyzed.”
““Hilary hated on you/ so that b**** is irrelevant,” while “McCain
don't belong in any chair unless he's paralyzed,” said the song. Moreover, the
rapper doesn’t spare the Reverend Jesse Jackson who apologized for his remarks.
“If you said it then you meant it,” sings the rapper.
In the song, Ludacris also encourages black people to vote
for Barack Obama and the repeating verse is “the world is ready for change
'cause Obama is here.”
While Barack Obama admits that Ludacris is “a talented
individual,” he says that the rapper “should be ashamed of these lyrics.” Earlier
this year, Barack Obama said in a Rolling Stones interview that he considered
Ludacris one of the hip-hop stars who are “great talents and great businessmen.”
Ludacris’ publicist and manager haven’t yet returned calls
in order to comment.
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