Jay-Z & Beyoncé Raise $4 Million for Barack Obama in Fundraiser
By Richard Brooks / News / September 21, 2012 / 1391 Views

Last week we shared the news of Jay-Z and Beyoncé holding a fundraiser in support of Barack Obama and his reelection campaign. The two went on to host the event at Jay-Z's 40/40 club in New York this past Tuesday night, with entrance to the party running with a stiff price tag of $40,000 for the 100 people in attendance. Obama lightened things up at the gathering explaining how he and Hov have very similar qualities, going on to say:

Jay-Z now knows, you know, what my life is like. We both have daughters. And our wives are more popular than we are... So we've got a little bond there. It's hard, but it's okay.

The POTUS also went on to acknowledge Beyoncé, noting her as being a positive role model for his own daughters. Jay and Bey have been longtime supporters of the President, going as far as playing at a tribute concert for Obama in 2008 before he took his oath of office, and most recently the President appearing in a video clip to open Jay-Z's Made In America festival in Philadelphia, urging people to vote. No cameras or microphones were allowed into the exclusive event, but the President went on to share the included photo via his Twitter account.

Source: Washington Post
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  • http://www.jtwiz.com/ Jonathon Twiz

    Beyonce is lookin real First lady like

  • YeshivaForeskins

    Doing stuff like this is why Jay Z is greater than Nas

  • ant

    fuck politics. this shit is gay and a way to get the hip hop world into the lies of this shit.

  • welp

    spoken like an intellect.

  • dongutron

    $4 million to put a moron back in office. money well spent, it's not like thousands of children die everyday or anything...

  • yitzy305

    kanye is a jackass though

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    niggas in USA

  • http://kicksflip.bigcartel.com/ http://kicksflip.bigcartel.com

    but jay z for president

  • http://twitter.com/NickyChulo Иicholas Γulcher

    while you were typing you could have spent your time donating or helping. Don't wait for an authority figure to tell you what to do.. go do it if you feel so strongly about it... nigga.

  • kanye fan

    the only reason why he's doing all this shit for obama is because he's black.its fucking obvious.that's the only reason why anyone gives a shit about him.if a white president killed osama it would be celebrated for a week then never talked about again but because hes black everyone wants to make it seem so amazing.he's just doing his job like every other president has.if he wasnt black he wouldnt get re elected.

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