Ah, yes, a music angle to the US presidential election primaries for you. Democrat contender Senator Barack Obama has been bigging up his hip hop credentials and says he has already been talking to Kanye West and Jay-Z about how he could use hip hop for good if he made it to the White House.
Speaking to TV show 'What's In It For Us?', the presidential hopeful said: "I've met with Jay-Z; I've met with Kanye. And I've talked to other artists about how potentially to bridge that gap. I think the potential for them to deliver a message of extraordinary power that gets people thinking [is massive. Though] there are times, even on the artists I've named, the artists that I love, that there is a message that's sometimes degrading to women, uses the N-word a little too frequently. [And] something that I'm really concerned about is [they're] always talking about material things about how I can get something; more money, more cars".
So to conclude, a vote for Obama is a vote for socially responsible positive-message-filled hip hop. Beat that Hillary.