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David Banner Speaks on Barack Obama and his Wife the “Beast”

David Banner is never at a loss for words. Whether right or wrong he’s got a lot to say on every subject across the board. It’s why he was invited to testify before Congress at the hip-hop hearings last year. Quick vid after the fact.

Status Ain’t Hood spoke to him recently and asked a more relevant question.

How do you feel about Obama?

“I think his wife is a beast; I could say that. I would’ve loved to see her run, Obama’s wife. But I really haven’t formed an opinion about Obama yet, to be honest with you.

To me, I’m not so caught up in the race because the music industry has shown me that the things that we think we want can sometimes be worse for us.
I don’t know yet. It hasn’t been presented to me enough in the circles that I run in. Until then, I’m just going to watch.

I don’t have an opinion good or bad about him right now.

I would love to see a black president. Just for name’s sake, that would be cool in my generation the same way I would want to see the Patriots win, so I could say in my generation that we had something that hadn’t happened in history before. People like, ‘Man, are you just jumping on the bandwagon of the Patriots?’ Naw, it ain’t that. But it would be sure lovely to say that the greatest team in football was in my generation and I actually got to see it.

The first black president was in my generation? Damn.

We already had 9/11, we had a couple of wars, we got the worst president ever. Damn, a lot of shit happened. We had about six or seven things there relevant in the generation that we’re living in. We’re living in a historical time, whether we like it or not.”


☼ What's Your Opinion? ☼

1 Jah Sat, Jan 19, 2008 - 6:54 pm

“...the music industry has shown me that the things that we think we want can sometimes be worse for us.”

I take this to mean that before everyone rushes to vote for the black presidential candidate, everyone should make sure he’s the best person for the JOB, regardless of color.

2 d Tue, Jan 22, 2008 - 3:59 pm

everyting he said was real rather u like it or not. i mean just to say we were here to witness all this shit. damn.

3 Stop!!! Tue, Jan 22, 2008 - 11:27 pm

D.Banner.please put a stop the use of namking someone’s wife a beast….pls wat are you?

4 microdot! Sat, Jan 26, 2008 - 1:51 pm

Never at a loss for words whether he knows anything or not…
Educate yourself then open your mouth!

5 If you don't know... Mon, Feb 11, 2008 - 7:59 pm

The term “Beast” as David used it, is a term of endearment! We say that when someone is great at what they do or in their being, i.e…Kobe Bryant is a Beast, or Barry Bonds is a Beast. From the context of his statement, you can tell he meant it as a compliment. Get off the soapbox already…

Oh yeah, Banner is a Beast! Look at all he has done for the people of the Gulf Coast region! Try to match that…

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