Jay-Z, with wife Beyonce, already has hosted a campaign event in New York for President Obama, but hen performed for at a rally in Columbus, Ohio on the eve of the election.
Music mogul Jay-Z lit up the capitol of the most important political state, Ohio, providing an electrifying entree to the main course, President Obama, on the eve of the 2012 election.
The Jigga Man, who is campaigning with The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, masterfully altered the profane language on one of this biggest hits, “99 Problems,” by saying: “I Got 99 Problems But Mitt Ain’t 1!”
Jay-Z then wound his mini-concert by leading the crowd with “On to the Next One,” and, fittingly, “Encore,” a symbolic song that, in this case, means that the country should give Obama an encore of the first four years because he will provide the best opportunity for rebounding as a nation and leading the U.S. in the right direction.
Bruce Springsteen, left, and the Jigga Man have been among President Obama’s hardest-working celebrity campaigners this fall.
After he introduced the president, Obama told the crowd that he was incredibly grateful for Jay and Springsteen. He said that “Jay-Z and I come from similar backgrounds. No one thought that we’d be where we are today if you had of asked people about us when we were younger men. We both have daughters, and we both have wives that are more popular than we are,” as the crowd laughed and cheered
Obama then riled the crowd up when he referenced his GOP opponent on the fact that they have different visions for the nation. When the capacity crowd roared its disapproval of Romney, Obama said quickly. “Don’t boo — vote,” he said as the crowd changed their boos to cheers. “Don’t boo! Go out and vote!” Obama repeated.
The polls have Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney neck-and-neck in the polls with Obama holding onto a slight lead with just over 24 hours left in the election cycle.
TAke a look at some of the more interesting tweets from the Columbus, Ohio presidential rally of Obama below.
