Young Jeezy responds to Obama: “In my first term, I sang Al Green. In my second term, I’m going with Young Jeezy,” President Obama said in his White House Correspondents Association Dinner comedy routine. The rapper responded today with a tweet: “You know they love the snowman in the White House.”
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