5 other rappers who performed at the White House before the cast of ‘Hamilton’
Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda and the rest of the Broadway show’s cast stopped by the White House yesterday, performing a few songs for the First Lady and a bunch of lucky kids from local high schools.
The performance sounded like a good time, but that wasn’t all Miranda stopped by the White House to do—he also got in on some impressive off-the-top freestyle action with the POTUS:
It got us thinking about other rappers who have found their way to the White House.
Eazy-E
Eazy-E, a member of the L.A.-based rap group NWA, wasn’t exactly invited to the White House—instead, he accidentally received an invitation to a Republican fundraising event called the National Republican Senatorial Committee Inner Circle, and paid over $1,000 to attend. Most of the “mostly white, middle-aged Republicans” didn’t really know what to make of the rapper.