Girls Dreams

<p>Future presidential couple Jay-Z and Beyoncé threw a Get Out the Vote event for hopefully soon-to-be President Hillary Clinton in Cleveland, Ohio last night. The set featured performances from the hosts, obviously, as well as Chance the Rapper, Big Sean, and J. Cole.</p><p>As the evening came to a close, Jay and Bey introduced Clinton to the crowd with big hugs all round and the comforting sound of a blaring airhorn.</p><div style="left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 480px;" class="article__embed article__embed--iframe"><iframe src="//cdn.iframe.ly/k6WvIR?app=1" allowfullscreen style="top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><p>Clinton then took over the mic for a moment and addressed the crowd, praising the Jay-Z's lyrics and quoting from his 2009 track, "My President."</p><div style="left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 340px;" class="article__embed article__embed--iframe"><iframe src="//cdn.iframe.ly/a1CGz9?app=1" allowfullscreen style="top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><p>"I thank Jay for addressing in his music some of our biggest challenges in the country: poverty, racism, the urgent need for criminal justice reform," Clinton said. "And remember, Jay memorably said something we should all recall: 'Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could walk / and Martin Luther walked so Barack Obama could run / And Barack Obama ran so that all the children could fly.'"</p><p>We've asked the question already this week of <a href="http://ift.tt/2fo08Jw how much adopting hip-hop culture can actually influence a campaign</a>​. It's going to happen with increasing frequency and, well, maybe it won't all be that bad. Clinton's quote here is prescient and addressing the social weight of Jay-Z's lyricism surely counts for something.</p><p>But all I really care about at this point—beyond the election of the first female President over a KKK-endorsed lump of rotten pork—is seeing dunces respond to this post on Facebook by screaming, "AN AIDE PROBABLY TOLD HER TO DO IT, NOISEY. YOU'RE SO STUPID. I BET SHE DOESN'T EVEN LISTEN TO JAY-Z AT HOME AND IF SHE DOES SHE PROBABLY LIKES <i>MAGNA CARTA, HOLY GRAIL</i>."</p><p><i>​Lead image via screencap.<br></i></p><p><i>​Follow Noisey on <a href="http://twitter.com/noiseymusic" target="_blank">Twitter</a>​.​</i><br></p>​<p>​</p>

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