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Obama shouts out Young Jeezy at White House correspondents’ dinner

by Kyle Harvey | April 30, 2012 at 6:10 PM
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President Barack Obama has never been one to distance himself from his love of hip-hop and at the White House correspondents’ dinner he proved it once again. In a room filled with stars from the worlds of politics and entertainment, Obama joked that while he was singing Al Green during his first term, if he gets elected to a second he’ll be blastin’ rapper Young Jeezy.

He then turned to the first lady and jokingly said “I sing that to her sometimes.” While that joke may have been over a good portion of the older crowd’s heads, it did make waves on social media and Twitter.

WATCH THE PRESIDENT SHOUT OUT YOUNG JEEZY:

While Young Jeezy wasn’t in attendance to hear the acknowledgment live, he did respond through via Twitter account saying, “Shout out to @BarackObama.” The “Trap or Die” rapper then followed that tweet up by saying “You know they love the snowman in the white house #Turntup.”

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