Then Presidential-hopeful Obama had to categorically reject the support from rapper Ludacris on his inflammatory single, ‘Politics’ in 2008.
Even though the hook is positive (“The world is ready for change because Obama is here”) other lyrics attack his Democratic rival for the nomination, Hillary Clinton, as well as Republican candidate John McCain and current President George Bush.
The lyrics include: “McCain don’t belong in any chair unless he’s paralyzed/Yeah I said it cause Bush is mentally handicapped … you the worst of all 43 presidents” and“Hillary hated on you, so that bitch is irrelevant”.
Obama, who said he was a fan of Ludacris in an interview with Rolling Stone, had to quickly divorce himself from Christopher Bridges
“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,” his team offered in a statement at the time.
