By way of Stephen VanDyke at Hammer of Truth:
Atlanta rapper Big Boi (of Outkast fame) was interviewed by Pitchfork…
Pitchfork: You had a few things to say about Obama on Sir Lucious, but it was recorded before he became president. And there was your song “Sumthin’s Gotta Give” with Mary J. Blige where she sang about cheering for Obama…
BB: I didn’t tell her to do that.
Pitchfork: No? She just did it?
BB: On my damn record. I had a problem with it. I’m not pro-government at all, I’m pro-people. Our freedoms are getting taken away every day with things that people aren’t aware of, like the [National Defense Authorization Act]. I don’t care who the president is– it ain’t just all about who’s black or who’s white or who’s Republican or Democrat, it’s about who is for the betterment of people, period.
Pitchfork: Do you have any feelings about Obama’s first term now that he’s been re-elected?
BB: Nope. What did he do? They say he’s trying to clean up a mess, right? Well, he needs a big-ass broom, and he gotta keep on sweeping. I ain’t on nobody’s team, you feel me? I’m about the American people.
And last month, he was on Hot 97 in NYC where he claims it was racist of some people to assume he (or other black people) voted for Obama, when in fact he says he voted for Gary Johnson:
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1 Jared King // Jan 1, 2013 at 1:22 am
It’s too bad his friends didn’t seem to know who Gary Johnson was. He seemed embarrassed at his third party nerdiness. Nothing to be ashamed of.
2 langa // Jan 1, 2013 at 6:22 am
Excellent. This reminds me of 2008, when Prodigy (from Mobb Deep) was interviewed on the radio, and said that the only candidate he really liked was Ron Paul. I remember the host kept trying to get him to endorse Obama, or at least say that he was the lesser of two evils, but Prodigy wasn’t going for it. He just kept saying that the others (besides RP) were all about the same.
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