Rapper Jay-Z performs the inaugural concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday Sept. 28, 2012 in New York.
Credit: EVAN AGOSTINI/INVISION/AP
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Rapper Jay-Z Changes Explicit Lyrics to Open Obama Event: 'I got 99 Problems But Mitt Ain't One
November 05, 2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio (TheBlaze/AP) -- Jay-Z has a fix for his lyrics that meets parental guidance requirements - and President Barack Obama's approval.
The rapper and producer performed his hit "99 Problems" as he and Bruce Springsteen opened for an Obama rally in Columbus, Ohio. He changed a key word that rhymes with "witch" to make his own political endorsement. He sang: "I got 99 problems but Mitt ain't one." The actual lyrics are "I got 99 problems but a b**ch ain't one."
Rapper Jay-Z performs the inaugural concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday Sept. 28, 2012 in New York. (Credit: EVAN AGOSTINI/INVISION/AP)
Springsteen performed first, as he did earlier Monday in Madison, Wis.
Jay-Z said Obama asked him if he would join him and Springsteen at a rally.
He says he replied: "Michelle is coming?" The first lady won't join her husband until later Monday in Des Moines, Iowa.
Obama assured the crowd that both performers are on his iPod.
This story has been updated.
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