https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/23/bad-news-obamas-honeymoon-with-hip-hop-is-over/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 07:07:32 -0400<![CDATA[As I argued in an article for The Guardian last summer, many rappers haven’t been feeling the love either. Some, like Immortal Technique and dead prez, have been critical of Obama from the beginning, as has Lupe Fiasco, who became Obama’s most high-profile critic in the hip-hop community. The song that got him yanked offstage this week, “Words I Never Said,” includes the incendiary line “Gaza Strip was getting bombed / Obama didn&#8217;t say shit / That&#8217;s why I ain&#8217;t vote for him.” In subsequent interviews, he doubled down on his criticism, at one point saying, “To me, the biggest terrorist is Obama in the United States of America” and at another describing Obama as “someone who is a great speaker, but kills little children.” Not exactly the kind of guy you’d expect to tone it down at a pre-inaugural concert.]]>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:40:25 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/23/bad-news-obamas-honeymoon-with-hip-hop-is-over-n280856