Although from Chicago, when asked recently which artist he prefers between the two- Hov or Kanye West- President Obama had no hesitation choosing Brooklyn rap veteran, Jay-Z.
"The commander-in-chief spoke out about his rap star preferences in a brief interview with The Atlantic, telling the magazine he prefers Jay-Z to the hot-headed hip-hopper. But Obama was quick to give a nod to West, whom he insulted after the singer ruined Taylor Swift's acceptance speech by jumping on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009.'[Kanye's] a Chicago guy,' Obama told the magazine, which published the interview on Thursday. 'Smart. He's very talented.'" (NY Daily News)
When reminded of once publicly referring to West as a "jack*ss", President Obama, who is no stranger to honesty, stood firm in saying that he still considers 'Ye to be just that.
"He is a jackass," Obama says, in his likable and perfectly balanced modern-professorial voice. "But he's talented." The president gives a wink, poses for a few more pictures, and then glides away to meet with the rich Manhattan lawyers in the other room, leaving behind a verdict that he intended to be funny, and also entirely deliberate: even before an audience of one, the leader of the free world is still not letting Kanye West off the hook. (The Atlantic)
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