We're not a political site, so I will keep this short, but incase you haven't heard already Barack Obama has just been elected the 44th President of the United States of America; by a landslide.

StreetHop.com ran a poll asking who our visitors wanted to see become President and Obama was the favorite amongst both US visitors and international voters, a trend that was proven in the official electoral polls, which saw a record number of youth voters participate.

Tupac Shakur once rapped on his posthumus hit "Changes" that "we aint ready, to see a Black President." Well now in 2008, we finally are. We are finally ready for a world where the color of one's skin does not predetermine what they can or can't be. Race will no longer hold someone back from their ultimate dreams and no longer dictate what accomplishments they can or can not achieve. We are all equal.

As I watch Obama and family come out for his acceptance speech, I am reminded that Hip-Hop has always struggled not just for African American recognition, but for social equality. And that is exactly what Obama represents not just for the US, but for the youth of the world. Equality, acceptance and change.

I only hope that President Obama lives up to the potential that he has as a leader, but without a doubt, today marks a new and improved world, one that the youth has had a bigger voice in shaping now more than ever.

And if that ain't Hip-Hop, I don't know what is.

Nothing's going to "change."


You'll see.

^^ The fact that he is President, is already a change. The record number of youth voters, is already a change.

congratz to obama i had a feeling he would win

^I think a normal intellect would understand what i was talking about when i said "change." I wasn't talking about the history behind today's election, I was talking about the "change" that is not much different from what we have now.

its a dark day in america, he aint changin nothin. all the obama supporters think he's gonna change the country in months time. (AINT HAPPENIN).

George Washington is rollin in his grave.

^Obama won Ohio. That's CHANGE.

no its not.. change is fixin the economy, keepin the jobs from going overseas. gettin the troops home. its all about our messed up government they call the shots.

Democrats won Ohio before... Billy won OH, in both terms. Obama barely won Ohio tonight

Meanwhile, I'll still be a victim of racial profiling. Thats a change i want

"...and they might even have a black president but he's useless, 'cause he does NOT control the economy stupid!!!" -- Immortal Technique