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President Obama Assists 'Hamilton' Creator in Amazing Freestyle

POTUS can now add rap gawd to his resume. 
President Obama Assists 'Hamilton' Creator in Amazing Freestyle
POTUS and Hamilton
By Lauren Porter · Updated October 27, 2020
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It’s not every day you hear the leader of the free world to tell someone to “drop the beat.” But that’s exactly what happened.

In a visit to the White House, Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the Broadway-sensation Hamilton, spit a few bars with the Commander-in-Chief.

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Wait for it… #Bam4Hamhttps://t.co/vpwTuNf5zn

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 15, 2016

 

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With the Rose Garden as the backdrop, POTUS showed Miranda cue cards with words to include in his freestyle, and the results were epic. 

“How good is that?,” Obama said at the end of the video. “You think that’s going viral?”

Yes sir, we think it will. 

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