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This past Sunday, President Obama gave a commencement speech at Notre Dame where he congratulated a championship outdoor basketball team called "Hallelujah Holla Back" - a Ghetto Revival catchphrase that I popularized on ego trip's (White) Rapper Show . Pretty surreal. The moment was significant not only because it reinforced the phrase's cultural relevancy, but also represented another historical moment of a commander in chief's encounter with hip-hop culture. In honor of the recognition, here's a look at some of the biggest moments of Hip-Hop's Direct Interaction with the U.S. Presidency...
1. Barack Obama Gets The Dirt Off His Shoulders, 2008
• So far, Obama has been more of an ally than an adversary to the hip-hop community. In this famous clip from the campaign trail, he adopts Jay-Z's mantra when describing how he responds to Hillary Clinton's attacks. Looks like someone was feeling like a pimp.
