Obama Music

Obama's Chicago Soul: President's Ideals Tie Him To City's Music Legends

Chicago Sun-Times | Dave Hoekstra | Posted 02.11.2009 | Chicago


President-elect Barack Obama paid homage to Chicago soul in his Grant Park acceptance speech. He riffed on Wendell Phillips High graduate Sam Cooke by...

Fugees V. ABBA: McCain And Obama's Top Ten Songs

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics


Blender gets both presidential candidates to name their top ten songs -- and has singer Randy Newman and DJ Girl Talk rate the choices. Barack Obama w...

Obama References Lil' Wayne

Time | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


As Karen notes below, Barack Obama crossed the pop culture/politics divide today by praising Lil' Wayne's rhyming ability at a campaign event in Powde...

NY Post: Obama Played Rap Song To Take A Swipe AT "B****" Hillary

NY Post | richard johnson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Presidential hopeful Barack Obama claims to run a clean campaign, but someone in his camp took a swipe at Hillary Clinton through the candidate's them...