"I really do believe we as hip-hop artists pick up what's going on in the world and try to reflect that," he told CNN, outlining his belief that mainstream as well as so-called "conscious" rappers -- the more socially aware -- will pick up on what he sees as the more optimistic prospects of an Obama presidency.
"I think hip-hop artists will have no choice but to talk about different things and more positive things, and try to bring a brighter side to that because, even before Barack, I think people had been tired of hearing the same thing,"
he said. Read the rest!Told you Obama was the hip-hop president. Hope he doesn't take after the hip-hop mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in jail. Watch Common shout us out below and call us Hip-Hopscicle. He said "HipHopsic"....LOL!
Source: CNN
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