15-Year-Old Boy In South Africa Raps For Obama (VIDEO)

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During a visit Sunday to the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, President Barack Obama was treated to a rap performance by a 15-year-old boy. 

On a tour of the classroom-type facility, where young people were working on computers, Obama persuaded Aviwe Mtongana to show of his rhyming skills. With Obama looking on, Mtongana performed a song titled, “Hell on Earth,” according to a White House pool report. 

“You gotta drop the mic!” Obama told the teen after he finished. “That’s fantastic. Outstanding. I like that.”

Footage of his performance, via CBS News, begins around the 1:30 mark:

 

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