Barack Obama joins Eminem on stage and raps to his 2000 hit | US News

Barack Obama showed off his rap skills after being introduced by Eminem at a rally in Detroit by spitting a few bars from one of the rapper’s biggest hits.

The platinum-selling artist and former US president shared a stage on Tuesday as she performed at a Kamala Harris rally in the crucial swing state of Michigan.

After being introduced by Eminem, Obama took the stage and joked that he “felt like I was kind of following Eminem,” before adding that he was “nervous” about wanting to speak. He then smoothly transitioned into the opening verse of Eminem’s 2002 single “Lose Yourself.”

“I’ve done a lot of rallies, so I don’t usually get nervous.” “But I felt like I was kind of following Eminem,” Obama said. “I noticed my palms are sweaty, my knees are weak, my arms are heavy, I’ve already vomited on my sweater, mom’s spaghetti.”

As the crowd cheered with applause, he continued: “He’s nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready. / Dropping bombs, but he keeps forgetting…”

He ended the performance by singing the song’s famous intro riff and saying “I love me some Eminem,” before joking that he might “show up” on stage if the rapper performed at the end.

Eminem isn’t the only Detroit rapper endorsing Kamala Harris this week either, as the Democratic candidate also secured the all-important Juggalo vote after receiving the seal of approval from Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J.

In an interview with The Daily Show’s Troy Iwata, the clown rapper explained why he prefers Democrats over Republicans, saying, “My mom said the Democrats say less taxes on the poor, more taxes on the rich.”

When asked about the taxes he pays, he enthusiastically claimed that he pays all the way, and I’m glad about that. I pay twice what they charge.’

After saying “hell no” to Trump’s mass deportation policies, Violent J said he wanted Kamala to win “because she’s a Democrat and I love my mom.”

Donald Trump, meanwhile, has accused the Labor Party of “blatant foreign interference” in the US elections after it emerged that party workers were sent to the US to campaign for Kamala Harris in key swing states such as Michigan.

The Republican candidate filed a complaint against the “far left” party for helping to spread “dangerously liberal policies” in the run-up to the election.

This comes following a now-deleted LinkedIn post by Sofia Patel, the Labor Party’s chief operating officer, in which she announced plans to send around 100 activists to swing states in the US to campaign for Harris.

Trump also filed a complaint with the independent Federal Election Commission accusing the Labor Party of “illegal foreign campaign contributions and interference,” citing the LinkedIn post in which the party suggested they were “hosting activists regulate”.

Under US election law, foreign volunteers are banned from spending more than $1,000 (£770) supporting candidates. Trump’s lawyers claim that the offer to pay for accommodations constitutes interference by a foreign party and called for an “immediate investigation” into the claim.

“Those looking for foreign interference in our elections need look no further than the LinkedIn post,” said the letter from Trump campaign attorney Gary Lawkowski. “The disruption is happening in plain sight.”

But Keir Starmer has insisted the volunteers would only travel “in person” and not as part of an official Labor contingent.

“The Labor Party has volunteers who have covered virtually every election,” Starmer told reporters on his 28-hour flight to the annual Commonwealth Heads of State and Government summit in Samoa.

“They’re doing it on their own time, they’re doing it as volunteers, they’re staying with other volunteers over there, I think.” That’s what they’ve done in previous elections, that’s what they’re doing in this election, and that’s real simply.”

Starmer also insisted he had “developed a good relationship” with Trump after having dinner with him during a recent trip to New York, which would not be jeopardized by the claim.

“We had a good constructive discussion and of course, as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, I will work with whoever the American people choose to return as their President in their elections, which are now very close.”

Starmer has never met Kamala Harris but has met with President Biden several times since becoming prime minister in July.

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