Kendrick Lamar met with Obama at the White House

[Robbie3000]

Kendrick Lamar And Barack Obama Shared A Powerful Moment At The White House

When President Barack Obama and rap superstar Kendrick Lamar met last week in the White House, they shared a moment of amazement.

"Can you believe that we're both sitting in this Oval Office?" the president told Lamar, according to senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.

Jarrett described the encounter in an appearance on the BuzzFeed podcast "Another Round":

ANOTHER ROUND: Who is your favorite rapper?
JARRETT: Oh my gosh—
ANOTHER ROUND: It’s OK if you don’t listen to rap, but if you do, I do need to know.
JARRETT: I like Jay Z, I like Jay Z.
ANOTHER ROUND: Got a favorite song?
JARRETT: Not really, but you know what, Kendrick Lamar was just here, too. You know what, I was really impressed with him—
ANOTHER ROUND: He was here?
JARRETT: He was at the White House. He came and he visited the president, and you know what the president said to him? [Because] he was a little nervous — bless his heart, he’s really a very nice young man, and the president said, “Can you believe that we’re both sitting in this Oval Office?”

Jarrett didn’t share Lamar’s response, but one could assume the first black president and America’s most prominent rapper were pondering the power of their positions.

To understand the significance of the moment, look no further than Lamar’s critically acclaimed sophomore album, "To Pimp A Butterfly." Immediately notable is the subversive cover art:

 

[DJDONTNOBODYPAYME]

#BlackExcellence

 

[Ol’Otis]

"ol Obama gone do better 2nd term ass nikkas"

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

#BlackExcellence

Not really

 

[DJDONTNOBODYPAYME]

Not really

Yes really. Two individuals who transcended Boundaries and made a difference in the World (Barack for the most part anyway)


##BlackExcellence

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

slowly reachin that top 10 goat status.... and you ole' stuck in the 90s, dropped outta Cooley high ass nikkas cant stand it


Kendrick Lamar met with President Obama in the Oval Office

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

Kendrick has to be like my height


#shortnikkaswinnin

 

[A.V.]

What a time to be alive

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

*in before sirbiatch and bigbadbossfakkit come in and hate and say this is staged by the interscope machine because people dont actually like kendrick*

 

[Mac Brown]

I'm an ol head that actually likes a lot of the young generation.

Congrats!!!

 

[Still Benefited]

Shouldve been Pac..




He would've invited Kendrick to the white house to help him with his new album,stopped world hunger,pardoned the political prisoners,bought peace in the middle east,all in a weeks time

Oh, you thought I meant it should've been Pac shaking Obamas hand with the "aww shucks" look?

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Yes really. Two individuals who transcended Boundaries and made a difference in the World (Barack for the most part anyway)


##BlackExcellence

No not really.
Being part of the problem is NOT transcending boundaries.

That's like saying back during slavery a Black man transcended boundaries by becoming an entrepreneur & owning his own group of slaves.

You do not transcend boundaries without crossing the fence.

Obama is just Bush #2

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

I'm an ol head that actually likes a lot of the young generation.

Congrats!!!

Same here

 

[John Hull]

Shoulda tapped his pockets...

 

[Animal House]

No not really.
Being part of the problem is NOT transcending boundaries.

That's like saying back during slavery a Black man transcended boundaries by becoming an entrepreneur & owning his own group of slaves.

You do not transcend boundaries without crossing the fence.

Obama is just Bush #2