President Joe Biden struggled with rapper LL Cool J’s name while speaking at an awards dinner in Washington D.C. on Saturday night.

Rappers LL Cool J, real name James Todd Smith, and MC Lyte, real name Lana Michelle Moorer, received Phoenix Awards for their musical contributions at the Congressional Black Conference’s 52nd Annual Legislative Conference.

“Two of the great artists of our time representing the groundbreaking legacy of hip hop in America , LL Jay Cool J,” Biden said at the dinner pausing as he fumbled the rapper’s name and the audience laughed.

The president then corrected himself when he referred to the artist as “boy” when admiring his biceps.

“By the way that boy — that man’s got biceps bigger than my thighs,” he said before moving on.

[They just got the video up so I’m including it for a bonus round. As Joe Concha said, just IMAGINE if Trump had stumbled over this and that’s without the history of racist remarks. HO-LEE-SMOKES. ~ Beege]

BIDEN: "LL J Cool J, uhh, by the way, that boy's got— that man's got biceps bigger than my thighs" pic.twitter.com/ulCQRkEp0l

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 24, 2023