Celebrating Barak Obama’s 2008 presidential victory by performing at The Youth Inaugural Ball wasn’t enough to spare Kanye from the wrath our nation’s leader. After Kanye humiliated Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards by interrupting her Best Female Video win, Obama called the Chicago rapper a “jackass” while on set of an interview with CNBC. Though Obama did not realize he was being recorded at the time, he maintained his position on ...
more Celebrating Barak Obama’s 2008 presidential victory by performing at The Youth Inaugural Ball wasn’t enough to spare Kanye from the wrath our nation’s leader. After Kanye humiliated Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards by interrupting her Best Female Video win, Obama called the Chicago rapper a “jackass” while on set of an interview with CNBC. Though Obama did not realize he was being recorded at the time, he maintained his position on Kanye when asked about the incident in a 2012 interview with The Atlantic. The President said while he does like Kanye, he considers him to be a talented jackass.
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