Rapper Fabolous Uses Photos to Address President Obama’s Impact on Hip-Hop

As President Obama finishes up the last few months of his historic time in office, many look to the future and wonder who will be the next leader of the free world, while others look to the past eight years and Obama's time in office. One such person is rapper Fabolous, who has dedicated his last few Instagram posts to the man that he insists has been the only president in history to embrace the hip-hop culture and champion the artists who create music for the masses.

"People will go back & forth about what Obama has & hasn't done for this country," the rapper wrote on an Instagram photo of the president with Beyoncé and Jay Z. "But from what I know & saw, Obama embraced many cultures while in office. Hip Hop being one, which touches me because I'm a Hip Hop artist. Hip Hop use'ta be a political scapegoat, the black cat of America, the reason for everything wrong even while being the largest growing music & the corporate world getting rich off our style, jingles, & consumers. We watched Hip Hop become a universal language thru all its backlash & ridicule."

Fabolous also posted a photo of the epic meeting in the Oval Office between rapper Kendrick Lamar and the president, who revealed that Lamar's song "How Much a Dollar Cost" was his favorite song of 2015. Apparently similar sentiments are widely shared, since Lamar is leading the pack for Grammy nominations with an impressive 11 nods total. The song "How Much A Dollar Cost" comes from Lamar's latest album To Pimp A Butterfly, which has the Compton native up for Album of the Year. On his Instagram photo of the rapper and the president, Fabolous simply writes, "For the culture. Salute Obama & Kendrick."

The "Throw It In the Bag" rapper also included a photo of Obama and "Yeezus" rapper Kanye West. West is seen with a rare smile as he admires a pair of sneakers with the president. Fabolous wrote, "For the culture. No President has ever embraced us like Obama. Remember that."

If you can't get enough of the hippest first couple so far, even after listening to the very last State of the Union speech the president made Tuesday evening, check out Fabolous' Instagram posts below.

 People will go back & forth about what Obama has & hasn't done for this country. But from what I know & saw, Obama embraced many cultures while in office. Hip Hop being one, which touches me because I'm a Hip Hop artist. Hip Hop use'ta be a political scapegoat, the black cat of America, the reason for everything wrong even while being the largest growing music & the corporate world getting rich off our style, jingles, & consumers. We watched Hip Hop become a universal language thru all its backlash & ridicule. And Obama was the 1st President to even take pictures with our favorite artist, invite them to the White House, even drop lines in his speeches. Maybe it's really good marketing & campaigning but even so no one else was real enough to even try it! Salute Obama. Hip Hop gotta admire this guy forever. [by the way that's Obama at 40/40, what President you know has been where u been]

A photo posted by Fabolous (@myfabolouslife) on Jan 12, 2016 at 9:10am PST

For the culture. No President has ever embraced us like Obama. Remember that. A photo posted by Fabolous (@myfabolouslife) on Jan 12, 2016 at 8:52am PST

 For the culture. Salute Obama & Kendrick.

A photo posted by Fabolous (@myfabolouslife) on Jan 12, 2016 at 8:42am PST