What doesBarack Obamas presidency mean for pop culture?

That depends on whom you ask.

RapperTalib Kweliwas one the first people I reached out to for comment.

Talib Kweli

Still, the transcript of our interview was too interesting to let it go to waste.

In the song, Jeezy says, [Obamas] my president whether he wins or not.

So its not about him winning the election; its about the man that he is.

That was his s. And forhis platform to now be about Barack Obama speaks volumes.

Thats the new role model.

Do you think that Obama represents a different kind of model foryoung black men?

We gotta take care of our families.

We gotta raise our babies.