Election 2008: Big Boi v. Daddy Yankee

My plan this weekend was to write about Obama and the hip-hop community. How he must already have the record for Shout-outs to Elected Officeholder. How people like Big Boi and Mary J. Blige (in "Sumthin' Gotta Give", which I played last Friday) see Obama as their first hope in presidential politics in a very long time, if not the first time...

Single mother in a struggle and it's no fun. But you don't really understand until you are one. A child's hide and seek game is losing it's endurance, she want to fix it but she 'aint got no insurance. Now we don't even want to talk about the man's plight. Out on parol with the promise that he'll do right. But a felon has no chance for a new start. So it's back to doing hand to hand on his own plight. That night went all the same, and I know you feel my pain. And the only hope I have to help me deal with the Drama, is that baby in November I'll be cheering for Obama. - Mary J. Blige

And remember how Russell Simmons criticized Obama for taking aim on hip-hop's shadier lyrics? Now hip-hoppers at the Democratic convention in Denver are sporting Obama T-shirts instead of Tupac or Biggie. Hombre, even Obama has his own reggaeton song (which you can download for free here).

So I was thinking about writing about all this. And then, I was thinking, how to balance this with the Beat-Authority-esque community for McCain? Damn, tough one, right?

NO! Daddy Yankee comes through! El Big Boss endorsed "Juan" McCain today in Phoenix. I have to say, it is amazing that reggaeton stars can actually endorse presidential candidates.

Como a Juan MC le gusta la gasolina!