MUSICChicago Tribune Barack Obama was in his last year of high school in 1979 when hip-hop broke out of the ghettos of New York on its way to becoming a national phenomenon.
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Will Obama change hip-hop's course?
Will Obama change hip-hop's course?
Chris Walker / Mcclatchy Newspapers
Favoring a complex message: President-elect Barack Obama, photographed March 14, says he finds today's hip-hop smart and insightful.