Music Stars Who Have Criticized President Obama

Kevin Gates, Lupe Fiasco, DMX and more called out the POTUS.

The Obama Effect - President Obama is supported heavily by many entertainers and music stars but that doesn't mean he's beyond criticism. Read on as we take a look at several music stars who've called the POTUS out for being quiet on racism and police brutality as well as being a puppet for oil companies and wars.-Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photos from left: Roger Kisby/Getty Images, Darren Hauck/Getty Images, Pepito/Splash News/Corbis)

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The Obama Effect - President Obama is supported heavily by many entertainers and music stars but that doesn't mean he's beyond criticism. Read on as we take a look at several music stars who've called the POTUS out for being quiet on racism and police brutality as well as being a puppet for oil companies and wars.-Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photos from left: Roger Kisby/Getty Images, Darren Hauck/Getty Images, Pepito/Splash News/Corbis)

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DMX - DMX showed the world he didn't follow politics back in 2008 when XXL asked him his thoughts on the presidential race and Obama. X couldn't get past the name. "What the f**k is a Barack?! ... Where he from, Africa?"   (Photo: infusny-244/INFphoto.com/Corbis)

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DMX - DMX showed the world he didn't follow politics back in 2008 when XXL asked him his thoughts on the presidential race and Obama. X couldn't get past the name. "What the f**k is a Barack?! ... Where he from, Africa?"   (Photo: infusny-244/INFphoto.com/Corbis)

Killer Mike - Killer Mike lumped Obama in with all the former presidents in his 2012 track "Reagan." “Just another talking head telling lies on teleprompters / If you don't believe the theory, then argue with this logic / Why did Reagan and Obama both go after Qaddafi? / We invaded sovereign soil, going after oil.”(Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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Killer Mike - Killer Mike lumped Obama in with all the former presidents in his 2012 track "Reagan." “Just another talking head telling lies on teleprompters / If you don't believe the theory, then argue with this logic / Why did Reagan and Obama both go after Qaddafi? / We invaded sovereign soil, going after oil.”(Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

Harry Belafonte - Activist and singer/actor Harry Belafonte has been vocal against President Obama and the war in Afghanistan. In 2011, Mr. Belafonte told CNN, "Obama] has only listened to the voices that shout the loudest, and it’s all those reckless right-wing forces. It’s almost criminal.”(Photo: Noam Galai/WireImage)

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Harry Belafonte - Activist and singer/actor Harry Belafonte has been vocal against President Obama and the war in Afghanistan. In 2011, Mr. Belafonte told CNN, "Obama] has only listened to the voices that shout the loudest, and it’s all those reckless right-wing forces. It’s almost criminal.”(Photo: Noam Galai/WireImage)

Kevin Gates - Kevin Gates had social media going crazy this weekend when he blamed Obama for the streets doing bad. “N****s so stupid, talking ’bout a change gon’ come / [Since] Obama been in office I done buried more of my n****s and more family than I ever did in my life," he wrote on Instagram. "All he did was f**k a n***a money up since he been in office. Please get this n***a out of office.” (Photo: Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

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Kevin Gates - Kevin Gates had social media going crazy this weekend when he blamed Obama for the streets doing bad. “N****s so stupid, talking ’bout a change gon’ come / [Since] Obama been in office I done buried more of my n****s and more family than I ever did in my life," he wrote on Instagram. "All he did was f**k a n***a money up since he been in office. Please get this n***a out of office.” (Photo: Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

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Ab-Soul - Ab-Soul came at the POTUS's neck on his 2011 track “Terrorist Threats” and applauded his acting skills. “Hey, Dear  Barack / I know you just a puppet but I'm giving you props / You lying to the public like it ain't nothing / And I just love it, I hope it don't stop.”(Photo: Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for Electus Digital)

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Ab-Soul - Ab-Soul came at the POTUS's neck on his 2011 track “Terrorist Threats” and applauded his acting skills. “Hey, Dear  Barack / I know you just a puppet but I'm giving you props / You lying to the public like it ain't nothing / And I just love it, I hope it don't stop.”(Photo: Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for Electus Digital)

Freddie Gibbs - When it comes to how Blacks have been treated and murdered by the police, many have called Obama out for his non-stance on Black issues and championing of many other race causes. Gary, Indiana emcee Freddie Gibbs told The Combat Jack Show, “I really hope that these last four years he go hard for n****s. 'Cause you in there now, so I really hope you just do one thing for us.” (Photo: Max Herman/Retna Ltd./Corbis)

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Freddie Gibbs - When it comes to how Blacks have been treated and murdered by the police, many have called Obama out for his non-stance on Black issues and championing of many other race causes. Gary, Indiana emcee Freddie Gibbs told The Combat Jack Show, “I really hope that these last four years he go hard for n****s. 'Cause you in there now, so I really hope you just do one thing for us.” (Photo: Max Herman/Retna Ltd./Corbis)

Kanye West - Kanye said last June that President Obama doesn’t have any real power because he doesn’t have the money to back his true causes. "You can’t effect change from inside the White House like that. You gotta have the money... Good ideas usually aren’t connected to money as much... Creativity and extreme genius are extremely cheap."(Photo: Marc Piasecki/GC Images)

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Kanye West - Kanye said last June that President Obama doesn’t have any real power because he doesn’t have the money to back his true causes. "You can’t effect change from inside the White House like that. You gotta have the money... Good ideas usually aren’t connected to money as much... Creativity and extreme genius are extremely cheap."(Photo: Marc Piasecki/GC Images)

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M-1 - dead prez’s M-1 put Obama on blast when he appeared on British rapper Lowkey’s politically charged “Obama Nation (Part 2).”  "Articulate and handsome, Afghanistan held for ransom / By the hand of this Black man, neo-colonial puppet / White power with a black face, he said "F**k it, I’ll do it" / A master of disguise, expert at telling lies / Then they gave him a Nobel Peace Prize.”(Photo: Matthew Eisman/WireImage)

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M-1 - dead prez’s M-1 put Obama on blast when he appeared on British rapper Lowkey’s politically charged “Obama Nation (Part 2).”  "Articulate and handsome, Afghanistan held for ransom / By the hand of this Black man, neo-colonial puppet / White power with a black face, he said "F**k it, I’ll do it" / A master of disguise, expert at telling lies / Then they gave him a Nobel Peace Prize.”(Photo: Matthew Eisman/WireImage)

Lupe Fiasco - They both might represent Chicago but Lupe Fiasco never bought what President Obama was selling. He was kicked off the stage after criticizing the POTUS at one of the inaugural performances in 2013. In 2011, he appeared on CBS's What's Trending, saying, "To me, the biggest terrorist is Obama in the United States of America. ... The root cause of terrorists is the stuff the U.S. government allows to happen."(Photo: Pepito/Splash News/Corbis)

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Lupe Fiasco - They both might represent Chicago but Lupe Fiasco never bought what President Obama was selling. He was kicked off the stage after criticizing the POTUS at one of the inaugural performances in 2013. In 2011, he appeared on CBS's What's Trending, saying, "To me, the biggest terrorist is Obama in the United States of America. ... The root cause of terrorists is the stuff the U.S. government allows to happen."(Photo: Pepito/Splash News/Corbis)

Bun B - Bun B pointed out a real truth, which is that Obama is white and African. Speaking on The Combat Jack Show about whether the president would do anything for Black people before he leaves office, he stated, “I think y’all keep forgetting that this dude is mixed. He’s not a Black man like we’re Black men… I don’t think Barack Obama is the kind of person that feels beholden to his Black side more than his white side.”(Photo: F. Carter Smith / Splash/Splash News/Corbis)

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Bun B - Bun B pointed out a real truth, which is that Obama is white and African. Speaking on The Combat Jack Show about whether the president would do anything for Black people before he leaves office, he stated, “I think y’all keep forgetting that this dude is mixed. He’s not a Black man like we’re Black men… I don’t think Barack Obama is the kind of person that feels beholden to his Black side more than his white side.”(Photo: F. Carter Smith / Splash/Splash News/Corbis)