Today is Barack Obama’s 51st birthday, and no matter how you feel about his performance as President of the United States, he is one cool dude. While running a country whose bipartisan shenanigans makes real progress a grind at its fastest, Obama has still managed to pass healthcare reform, brought our troops home from Iraq and, let’s not forget, blessed Osama bin Laden with the fatal fade, among other accomplishments. All while looking like your buttery smooth uncle instead of an old fogie hoarding his loot in off shore bank accounts (shots, oh well.)
In honor of Obama’s born day, we compiled photos of the U.S. citizen (yes, really) going about his highly stressful daily business with an effortlessness that is all Hip-Hop. Yeah, his Spotify playlist left much to be desired (it’s an election year), but Obama is one of us. Think: Walking with kings without losing the common touch, to paraphrase Rudyard Kipling. See the evidence in the gallery.
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Photos: Various
Spike Lee helps ensure the POTUS’ sneaker game is proper.
Neither Neo nor Morpheus got ish on Barack Obama.
“You gotta get, that, dirt off your shoulder.”-Jay-Z
Gotta make sure the brim is at the right angle while stuntin’.
Politics with the highest levels of government, yet even the janitor still gets dap.
Alongside every good man…
“I might crack a brew or even two…” (clap for yourself if you got the Show & AG reference).
“Nice try Shorty Doo-Wop, the tie is a little too loud but your swag is still official, though”
A lifetime basketball fan gets to go to UNC-Chapel Hill to play pick up with the team. WINNING.
Most rappers don’t even get ?uestlove co-signs b.
Need a gif for when someone’s sh-t talking, whether a tightwad conservative or a troller on Twitter, doesn’t merit a response? Obama has you covered.
