Celebrity Endorsements: Rapper Ja Rule Endorses Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential Race [Video]
It looks as though 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has already won over New York rapper Ja Rule.
The "Put It on Me" singer publicly endorsed the former Secretary of State on Thursday when he made an appearance on Fox Business Network's Money with Melissa Francis.
During the interview, the 39-year-old hip hop star began talking about his new business venture with "elite Millennials" credit card company Magnises.
However, the host shifted the conversation and decided to get Ja's opinion on the 2016 race for the White House.
"I like Hillary. I like Hillary," said the Queens native when asked to share his thoughts on the election.
"But, you know, it's crazy because... I also think Jeb is a good candidate as well, but, you know, I don't -- I'm a Democrat, so yeah, so I would vote Hillary," he added.
Last week, Clinton delivered an impassioned speech that touched on two central issues in national discourse and the 2016 presidential election -- racial politics and criminal justice reform.
Speaking at Columbia University in New York, the former first lady lamented the recent deaths of young black men at the hands of the police officers and called for an overhaul of the "out-of-balance" criminal justice system.
"Not only as a mother and grandmother, but as a citizen, a human being, my heart breaks for these young men and their families. We have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice in America," she said, reports The New York Times.
She also talked about the outbursts of violence and rioting in Baltimore this week in light of the death of Freddie Gray, along with the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City.
"From Ferguson to Staten Island to Baltimore, the patterns have become unmistakable and undeniable," she said.
However, Clinton said that something needs to be done to end the violence. She added that everyone is better off when there's a respect of laws, as well as when the laws respect everyone.
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