This weekend, Jay-Z will give 2 free performances in support of presidential candidate Barack Obama. The Brooklyn MC is motivated by trying to encourage people to get involved with the voter registration process.
The first show is set for Saturday (Oct. 4) at Detroit's Cobo Arena. Jay-Z will play Miami's Bayfront Park Amphitheatre the following day. Voter registration for the upcoming election ends Monday.
In Michigan, attendees 18 years and older can obtain tickets at a variety of Obama campaign offices; information is available here. For ticket pickup procedures for the Miami show, click here.
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i hope people vote for obama not just cause he's black, but what his intentions are
co sign. obama is a smart dude. Props to Jay-z this is a smart thing to do! i wish those concerts were in my area tho
I ROC WIT OBAMA BUT I AINT NO POLITITION
ITS A GOOD LOOK AND ON SUM REAL SHYT EVRYBODY ON HERE DATS 18 NEED TO GO VOTE CUZ WE CANT HAVE A REPEAT OF 8 YEARS AGO
EVRYBODY BITCHIN CUZ AL GORE GOT CHEATED BUT HAVE OF DA NIGGAZ SAYN SHYT DIDNT EVEN VOTE
WELL I HOPE OBAMA CAN BRING A POSITIVE CHANGE TO AMERICA... IF YOU CAN GET REGISTERED AND VOTE.
P.S. DONT VOTE McCAIN FOR ONE REASON GEORGIA BUSH SUPORTS HIM
^^^^You must be a youngin....
Vote Vote!!!!
Hopefully, the attendees actually vote and not just register... there are still millions unregistered.
I will be in attendance for the Nashville debate next week as well at Belmont Univ.
WATCH THE VP DEBATE TONIGHT!!!!!
VOTE VOTE!
this is good. we need more people to vote
I CAN TYPE IN ALL CAPS TOO! oh and young apex, that might have been the least thorough political statement ive ever heard.
Obama and Mccain are pawns. They just say shit to get in the office. Aint shit gonna change when they get in.
yep true that..
wow, so if that were true. then who sent us to war in iraq? who spends 10billion a month on a war and then fucked up our economy? well in that chess game, i guess that 'pawn' turned into a queen! so lets hope the next "pawn" can do that and reverse this shit. comments like that are why this world and country are so fucked up. without the president's and congress' joint sig, nothing could happen.
Obama's a lot better than McCain is, but I have to is far from perfect. I'll still be voting for him because I want this country to progress in the right direction. I'm not up for another four years of the Bush Doctrine that's run our economy into the ground, ruined our foreign reputation, and made our country less safe over the past eight years. The only reason McCain has any support is because there are still people that are ignorant about this shit because I don't see how there could be a choice for anyone who's been around these past eight years, knaa mean!
thank u jokesta lol anyways im going to the one in florida remember u got get the tickets at a register thingy or w.e that shyt calls and they changed it it was four tickets per person but now its 1 or 2
ICEBERG...NO ONE READ UR LONG SHYT
All u guys need to learn what electoral votes are. If you want your vote to count, move to a swing state cuz 9x's outta 10 the party u vote for already has your state in the bag
That’s was up, I like when an artists gets involved politically using his craft/work and not his opinions, an artist can touch peeps using his art, we don’t need to hear him speak about politics, just playing his position counts Big ups to Jay. Yo get out & rigister y’all. It’s no Secret I’m voting for Barak because he’s Black. But Not ONLY because he’s Black though. Of course I agree with him on a lot of things. And truly bealive b/c he grew up poor, he has a better understanding about the lower/middle class peeps. Not only does the man commend my attention when he speaks, but I feel as if he's some how a reflection of me and you. What I mean is that, if for some odd reason, I or you was in his position, we’d do the same shit he’s doing…and that real talk,…
You know they will do everything they can to prevent him from wining. We have to play our position right.
1. Register to vote; go with evidence of residency, bring a bill that shit will do it, also make sure you don’t register from a foreclosure address, if your shit ain’t right, call an aunty, uncle ect, hell black people you know we have 100 of those…. Have them cosign that you live with them.
2. Go out and vote; please black people get to the polls early, words is borne them late ballots are the ones they tamper with. Hell y’all recall them late ballots from the BX that theyain’t count, b/c the van ‘disappeared’ for a few mins (yeah right) and all were probably Al Gore votes
3. Please (a Major NO NO) do not go to the polls wearing a Barak T, pin, hat etc,…it’s called campaigning nigga, they wont let you cats a vote. You will be sent home, You know they know how over excited us black people get, so they are hoping if they do this, most of us wont go back home to change & will get caught up in some shit and wont make it back out to vote,…listen if this happens to you, go home change come back rock your vote simple.
Our time is now, we been patiently waiting, lets get this white house, hell we built most of it anyway….
Your voting because hes black and not his political stance. YOUR A FUCKING RETARD
^^^^
I’m sure you didn’t read this:
“I’m voting for Barak because he’s Black. But Not ONLY because he’s Black though. Of course I agree with him on a lot of things”
Real talk, The fact that you’d read 1/10 of a post make you an idiot B,…or better yet a damn fuck boy…stay off my nuts, I’m sure you can find plenty of others to ride,…Byaaaatch!
oh shit i forgot the campaigning law was passed to keep black people from voting, not so people didnt have to be beaten to death with politics up until the moment they cast their vote. oh yeah and gore won NY in 2000 anyone so contrary to popular belief NONE OF THOSE VOTES MATTERED.
dam u really had alot 2 say some ppl really dnt got nuttin else 2 do lol sike naw but dam i wish i could see dat jus 2 see him perform and even betta for free
fuck Obama and McCain they are all controlled by da same ppl and voting don't mean shit u don't elect candidate some unknown ppl(electoral collage) do that so they could futher there agenda just ask Al Gore
i fucks wit obama
Ron Paul - best candidate but won't win. Obama or Methuselah, take your pick. Big party politics stink at this point they all on the same side and both full of shit. I wonder how many of you dudes actually did any kind of research on either candidate...
If obama waz a republican we would call his ass a sellout.... proof that we not voting for dis nigga bcuz he black
Blackshin many people do, in fact you said Ron Paul is the best candidate, but did you know that the KKK also supports him in texas and are big donors to his campaign??? Research it!! Vote OBAMA '08!!!
ok... so KKK members like him. Is that his fault? That's the dumbest thing you could have said. So if a KKK member decided to contribute to Obama's campaign, you would automatically assume there's some kind of connection between them? Your logic is bad, that's not even guilt by association. Anyone can contribute to any political campaign in America. My gov't brought up a really good argument tho, he said Obama is always talking about change this change that... the question that needs to be asked is how exactly he intends to do that. That's like me saying I'm gonna be a millionaire someday over and over... doesn't mean shit unless I can actually do something that will get me closer to that goal. Same old politics at work. What you need to be doing is watching what is going on in the House and Senate. But you can't because it's too much work to cover all those things and hold down a job and live your life. So you let sweet talkers con you into believing anything while they do whatever they want. In my opinion, the (federal) government is like a whole different world, because it was allowed to get so damn big. As far as I'm concerned they're both frauds. Shit I should be prez ...
Lol, and your point is?
Oh my, lets just discredit Ron Paul because there's KKK members that donate for his campaign! Holy shit, are you a bitch?
Tell me you're not a bitch. Cause there's more shit that Obama and McCain has on them then Ron Paul does, yet you cry about KKK members donating to Ron Paul.
Seriously, get a reality check, it doesn't fuckin matter.
ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!
it really dont matter the guys behind the curtain know whos going to get elected already and us voting isnt goin to change shit. thats how its been for a long time and the dumb(brainwashed) public keeps folowing the herd like the bunch of sheep they are. WE ARE FUCKED EITHER WAY folks. Ron Paul is the best candidate thats why the CONTROLLED MEDIA NEVER MENTIONS HIM (fox news CNN ..hell all of the shows on television are controlled actually) lol....America needs too wake up and smell the POLICE STATE being formed right in front of them. ZEITGEIST MOVIE, ESOTERIC AGENDA, ALEX JONES - ENDGAME ...watch some of those videos and then tell me if the election even fuckin matters. PRESIDENTS ARE JUST PUPPETS the guys controlling the president control us all. CENTRAL BANKERS. do the reasearch my fellow humans. i think it makes perfect sense. but you prob think im some crazy nutjob because society is told people like me are soposed to seem like crazy nutjobs. but the TRUTH will set you free and we ALL have been getting LIED to since birth. thats why its hard to accept some things in those videos but wake the fuck up. since the begining of time MAn has tried ruling the world. why is now any different. sorry for rambling on and bad spelling and grammar but it shouldnt matter anyway.
True... the ruler of this country is not white or black, but GREEN.
I love a debate when I see one, and I could go on & on like Erika Badu. Lets just jump right in,
1st of all, your theory that they know who will win before any vote is even cats makes you sound ‘Amy Winehouse’ Crazy. What is you smokin??? If that was the case why did Bush pull that Florida stunt in 2000? I mean why not just go in & win,…listen I’m not saying this isn’t likely, But for a conspiracy theory of this magnitude to work this well you need all the house, the senate & the congress to be on one page. well news flash…thats just the problem b, they have never agreed on anything, they couldn’t even agree to a financial bail out plan to save the damn economy. So how the fuck would they agree to whom should be the president?
And why would Nixon Break into the Watergates to steal the questions for the debate? I mean what does he care, why win the debate he’ll win either way right? …get the fuck out here.
2nd did you say Ron Paul??? Nigga is you crazy??? Ron fuken Paul was a Reagan supporter, did you know what Reagan did for this counrty? Please inform your self, …
And the best explanation you have is Videos such as ESOTERIC AGENDA? You making Paris Hilton sound real smart, and this bitch dumb, listen B, You must have fell so hard when you was a youngin. Not every theory on paper or in a damn video is accurate. I can write a book publish it, claiming the moon is made of cheese, but that don’t make it fact. You want to read a good book? Pick up the ‘Audacity if Hope’…
get out once in a while interact with peeps, trust me Your vote will count, you not in Iran, Zimbabwe etc or any other 3rd word country that elections means nothing.
comments like that make me sick. even if the elections were fixed, its still a good feeling to know that once every 4 years black people come together and try to make a difference. especially the young inner city youth that beg for change. yea it may be fixed but obama has shown that lower class people, better yet, lower class black people can actually be 1 step away from becomming the president of the united states. and do it the legal way. hard work and determination. too many people are brainwashed by these fake ass rappers more than anything else. and by u saying that their vote doesnt count is just taking us backwards
i told you i knew you would think im crazy or something. but i DONT GIVE A FUCK WHAT you say ...when something makes sense its usually the right answer. Bush knocked down the towers just so we could go to war. EVERYTHING GOIN ON RIGHT NOW IS NOT BY COINCIDENCE OR CHANCE...some people know whats going to happen because they MAKE IT HAPPEN. your ignorant if you dont realize this shit. if you dont like ESOTERIC AGENDA or ZEITGEIST watch ALEX JONES-ENDGAME . if you look up information online about illuminati and secret societys the bilderburg group. most motha fuckas dont know any of that stuff. its kept from public majority of the publics knowledge because we are all brainwashed by the MEDIA. its thier greatest weapon. AND YOU WANNA READ A GOOD BOOK...NOT SOME FUCKIN MUSLIM dude named BARACK HUESSIEN OBMAMA read WILLIAM COOPER - BEHOLD A PALE HORSE....that book has so many secrets the governent doesnt want yo utoo know. you guys are nuts DO THE REASEARCH yourself look up 2012 on google. IM NOT SAYIN RON PAUL IS THE BEST CANDIDATE homie but hes tryin to abolish the FEDERAL RESERVE WITCH STEALS OUR HARD EARNED MONEY EVERY CHECK. unless ur selling drugs or somehting under the tABLE FEDERAL TAX SHOULDNT EVEN be AROUND. its unconstitutuional ...our bill of RIGHTS and the COnstitution are being stripped from us SLOWLY BUT SURELY...these guys have been inflitrating the system for other hundreds of years and its starting too come together now. WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! actually WAKE UP WORLD!!!!!!!!!!
I see this is bigger than jay-z...lol
but i roll with obama (not just because hes black) because i feel he can make a change in everyones life including mine!
Twan right all that vote or die shyt for the birds in the end the electoral college has the last say we said we aint want bush twice and he still got there that should have told yall something then
bush won by one state guy and i believe each time he had like 2% more of the popular vote. whatever "we" you're talkin about, obviously didnt get the fuck up and vote.
im ready 2 vote an ready for change im glad 2 see hip hop supportin obama an voting dats wats up....
JAYZ IN DETRIOT? WTF...IM def gotta go now...We never get somebody big like this here and its FREE!!!!!!!!
I hope you guys DO realize McCain and Obama are basically the same right lol.
Real positive change to America would be voting for a 3rd party candidate. Such as Ron Paul or Bob Barr.
www.campaignforliberty.org
I, myself, am writing in Ron Paul. What he has spoken 10 years back, is being spoken now. He has never flip flopped on his choices. People to get out of the norm of voting for the mainstream candidate, and look at the other guy.
Hell, half of the people voting for Obama or McCain, don't even know what their views are, or what they want for this country. Idiots.
Dead Presidents to represent me
theres an overwhelming amount of information on people trying too expose the illuminati ...you just gotta reasearch it and not be so impatient. TAKE NO SIDES IN THE MATTER JUST LISTEN TO THE INFORMATION then decide which side you take.
Obama 4 ur momma
Jay-z 4 President
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It'S Hovi Baby
Jay-z is doing a good thing. Its nice 2 finally c a rapper doing sumthing 4 da community and shyt. But 4real we need 2 stick with Obama and not cuz of his race but wat he's bringing to da table
This guy is a real class act. This time around.errrrrrrrworf