2016 Election News: 'Aging rappers' Back Hillary Clinton's White House Bid
A number of musicians Politico dubbed "aging rappers" have endorsed Hillary Clinton in her 2016 White House run, the Washington publication reported.
50 Cent, who initially backed Clinton in 2007 but later supported Barack Obama after the presidential candidate delivered a speech on race relations, for example, is back on the former secretary of state's team.
"I also think Hillary was the president already once," the New York-born rapper, actor and entrepreneur told the Daily Beast. "You know what I'm sayin'?" he quipped.
50 Cent added that he respected the Democratic presidential frontrunner's positions and insisted that Clinton's time in the White House gave her the necessary experience, the New York Daily News noted.
"Some of the things she says feel really comfortable, and roll off," the musician explained. "When people are really close with each other, they use each other as soundboards because they're the other person's best friend."
Clinton's handling of the Monica Lewinsky scandal impressed him, 50 Cent added.
"Things happen at points, and her seeing past that made her human to me," he said. "It made that love between her and Bill real to me. When you make other people feel different because of what they've conditioned themselves to feel about the subject, it made me look at her and think she's made life choices that she's willing to stand by."
Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame, who last month announced his own candidacy and promised to legalize marijuana if he became president, meanwhile, has now also thrown his support behind Clinton, according to CNN.
"A woman could do it," Waka told MTV News in an interview. "I've seen my momma raise five boys; that's super hard, so women can do the same (expletive) that men could do," the rapper added.
Waka offered to help with the former first lady's campaign so long as she would return the favor by promoting his newest album, "Flockaveli 2," CNN noted.
Other rappers who have said that they would like to see Clinton move into the White House in 2017 include Ja Rule and Snoop Dogg, the New York Daily News recalled.
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