"If Obama’s enormous symbolic power draws primarily from being the country’s first black president, it also draws from his membership in hip-hop’s foundational generation."
- Ta-Nehisi CoatesA well-known American writer and journalist, Ta-Nehisi Coates frequently discusses racial issues and African-American culture. He compares the hip-hop movement to Barack Obama's exceptional status as a cultural icon in one of his essays. Although Obama's status as the first black president of the Un…