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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Jay-Z brags about Cuba trip in rap

Jay-Z brags about Cuba trip in rap
By KEVIN CIRILLI | 4/11/13 10:17 AM EDT

Rapper Jay-Z released a new track Thursday in which he boasts about his
recent trip to Cuba with superstar Beyoncé and says that President
Barack Obama told him he'd get him "impeached."

"I done turned Havana into Atlanta," Jay-Z raps in "Open Letter," which
he released Thursday. "[…] Boy from the hood, I got White House
clearance… Politicians never did s—- for me except lie to me, distort
history… They wanna give me jail time and a fine. Fine, let me commit a
real crime."

He later raps: "Hear the freedom in my speech… Obama said, 'Chill you
gonna get me impeached. You don't need this s—- anyway, chill with me on
the beach.'"

The celebrity couple has been criticized by Florida GOP lawmakers Sen.
Marco Rubio and Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for
taking a trip to the communist island. American policy restricts travel
to the island unless approved by the government.

"I'm in Cuba, I love Cubans. This communist talk is so confusing," Jay-Z
raps on the track, which is produced by Timbaland and Swizz Beatz and
goes on to reference the Bob Dylan song "Idiot Wind." "[…] 'Idiot Wind,'
the Bob Dylan of rap music. You're an idiot, baby, you should've become
a student. Oh, you gonna learn today."

The U.S. Treasury Department told POLITICO on Wednesday that while the
department approved for the trip's organizers to travel to Cuba as part
of a cultural learning experience, they were unaware that the couple
would be attending, as it is department policy not to require
organizers' to provide a list of travelers.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/jay-z-new-song-cuba-89943.html

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