BARACK OBAMA - OBAMA'S TEAM SLAM LUDACRIS' 'SUPPORT' SONG

OBAMA'S TEAM SLAM LUDACRIS' 'SUPPORT' SONG

Representatives for U.S. presidential candidate BARACK OBAMA have lambasted rapper LUDACRIS over his lyrical attack against the senator's political opponents in a recently released mixtape.
Ludacris - real name Christopher Bridges - recorded a track in support of Obama's running for the White House, while slamming the popular politician's adversaries in his song, Politics As Usual.
The tune hits out at Hillary Clinton and John MCCain, two of Obama's political contenders, and Jesse Jackson, who apologised to Obama after he was overheard in a TV interview saying he thought the politician talks down to black people.
In the track, Ludacris raps, "MCCain don't belong in any chair unless he's paralyzed/ Yeah I said it, 'cause Bush is mentally handicapped."
But Obama's representatives refuse to accept that the derogatory comments about Obama's critics can be seen as supportive, and brand the rapper's lyrics "outrageously offensive" - insisting he should be ashamed of himself.
A spokesperson for the politician says, "As Barack Obama has said many, many times in the past, rap lyrics today too often perpetuate misogyny, materialism and degrading images that he doesn't want his daughters or any children exposed to.
"This song is not only outrageously offensive to Senator Clinton, Reverend Jackson, Senator MCCain and President Bush, it is offensive to all of us who are trying to raise our children with the values we hold dear. While Ludacris is a talented individual, he should be ashamed of these lyrics."