BET has partnered with the Brick City TV producers Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin, (producers of the Peabody Award-winning and twice Emmy nominated series “Brick City”) and Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award nominated filmmaker Sam Pollard (“Slavery By Another Name” and “Four Little Girls”) to produce a two-part news documentary, “SECOND COMING?: WILL BLACK AMERICA DECIDE THE 2012.” The documentary follows a diverse constellation of agents of political change and activism through the 2012 election cycle. Obama surrogate Kerry Washington, Usher, Samuel L. Jackson, Reverend Al Sharpton, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Eve, Ice Cube, Yolanda Adams, pollster Cornell Belcher, Common, Snoop Dogg, 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky, The RZA, Salt N Pepa, DMX, Redman, Cam’ron, Bun B, Joyful Drake, Warren G and Brandon & Lorielle Broussard, the young activists behind “Barack The Vote”, Narrated by S. Epatha Merkerson the series will also focus on grassroots activists in battleground states Tarsha Williams, Charles Perry, Pastor Jamal Bryant and others who will take viewers behind the scenes of their effort to mobilize the black community to vote in another historic Presidential election. The first half of the docu-series captured the behind the scenes grassroots efforts in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Charlotte, over a span of several months leading up to the 2012 election. The second hour focuses on the “Game Change” – the changing demographics which will result in minorities soon becoming the majority, and the voter suppression attempts to keep minorities from the polls. Hip Hop personalities, not usually publicly connected to the political arena, will tell their personal stories of how legislation affects their lives and the importance of getting involved.

“This election could determine the direction of our country for years to come. The stakes are high and too much of the media repeats the same old tired horse race punditry,” says executive producer Marc Levin. “We wanted to create something original that connects people and politics and engages and excites the BET audience. These two hours are going to kick apathy in the ass!”

“Everyone has to come to terms about what kind of country they want for the next four years,” remarks Alice A. Huffman, President of the NAACP California/Hawaii State Conference. “I think the film gives people the opportunity to arrive at that decision. It is quite well done and it is balanced. I believe it is going to be very, very helpful at this time for people who are really wondering what to really believe about President Obama’s administration.”

“I commend and take my hat off to BET Networks for exploring & documenting the 2012 Presidential Election Campaign from a grassroots point of view. These stories of everyday middle class people who got up and said, ‘Today, I’m going to do something about it!’ are proof that your voice counts and that your vote counts,” says producer Mike Marangu.

The special airs on BET Oct. 19th and 26th at 9PM.

Jiggaman may not be big on politics, but that hasn’t stopped him from teaming with the Obama campaign for this video promo, The Power Of Our Voice.

The famed Minneapolis rapper got real about a number of topics including the upcoming presidential election, which he believes is more symbolic than anything else, but encourages voters to get educated about each candidate. Ali also speaks on being a white albino rapper, and believes that everything is easier as a white person, but he also recognizes that everyone has their own situation.

Cameras were not allowed in last night’s $40k-per-plate fundraiser for Barack Obama at Jay-Z’s 40/40 club, but this image was posted on El Presidente’s Twitter account. Who knew Jay was taller than Barack?

Roots drummer ?uestlove and legendary Def Jam founder Russell Simmons have teamed up for a “fundraising battle” for the re-election of Barack Obama. Donors can pick “I’m with Questlove or I’m with Simmons” in this mock “election” to see who can raise for money for the Obama campaign. At the time of this writing ?uestlove leads with a massive 72% to Russell Rush’s 27%. Participate now here.

Hard Knock TV’s in-depth interview with Immortal Technique at Rock The Bells . Part 2 starts with Technique talking to Nick Huff Barili about the up coming presidential elections and how he cant see why Latinos would vote for Mitt Romney. Other topics in this interview include Israel, Christopher Columbus, Immigration, Barack Obama, former president Bush, Inequality, Senators and the Anaheim Police department unleashing dogs on Latino families at a picnic. Tune in next week for part 3.

The New York Post reports that former drug-dealer / gangster rapper Jay-Z and scantily clad, “bootiliscious” R&B singer Beyonce will host a fundraiser for Foreign-Born-Muslim-Terrorist-Socialist-Homosexual-Loving-Job-Hating-Anti-Christ, President Barack Obama.

Jokes aside, the event will happen Sept. 18th at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club in NYC. Limited to 100 guests, the event will cost $40,000 per ticket. The presidential election will take place on November 6th.

Lupe Fiasco calls into local Chi-Town radio, to clarify his recent comments calling Obama “the biggest terrorist”. We’re not sure he dug himself out of this one…
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Big Sean praises Obama. HHS review of Finally Famous is coming soon.

Will Fox News touch this?

“My fight against terrorism, to me, the biggest terrorist is Obama in the United States of America. For me, I’m trying to fight the terrorism that’s causing the other forms of terrorism. You know the root cause of terrorists is the stuff the U.S. government allows to happen. The foreign policies that we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists.”

“I don’t vote. No I don’t vote. I don’t get involved in politics. It’s meaningless. To be honest,” he said. “If I’m going to say I stand behind this person and write on a piece of paper that says, ‘yeah I stand for this person,’ then I have to take responsibility for everything he does cause that’s just who I am as a human being. So politicians aren’t going to do that because I don’t want you to bomb some village in the middle of nowhere.”

This has been catching on over the last few days. Here’s our late pass. In other news, the real Waka Flocka is upset about this.

The innanet exploded this past week with speculation that Barack Obama was an extra in Tag Team’s “Whoomp! There It Is” video in 1993 (at the 1:01 mark). Gawker.Com, who broke the original story, got in touch with Tag Team, whom were happy enough answer some questions and get some much needed press in 2010. Check the interview below:

People are speculating that Barack Obama is in the video for “Whoomp! (There It Is)”.

DC the Brain Supreme: We’ve been bombarded over the last 24 hours with it. This is crazy, man. Where does this go—you know what I’m saying?

OK, so let’s get the definitive word. Is the President of the United States in your video?

DC: Nah, it’s not the President of the United States.

You know for sure?

DC: I know it’s not the person that they’re looking at and saying might be him.

Do you know who it is?

DC: Who is it, Steve?

Steve Roll’N: A friend of ours named L.A. Sno. He’s a rapper in another group. [Likely the 1990s Atlanta rap duo Duice —Ed.]

DC: Yeah. But it really does look like Obama. He could have been there. You just don’t know.

Whoomp, There He Isn’t! Rap Duo Deny Barack Obama Music Video Cameo

Does L.A. Snow even resemble Obama at all?

DC: I don’t think he looks like Obama.

Steve: Nah, he doesn’t. He’s way light-skinned.

DC: That’s why they call him “Snow.”

Steve: And he’s got a pill head. Like, a square pill head. He looks nothing like Obama. Obama’s head is round. And he’s got big ears. They just got that one frame shot that just looks like him.

Steve: ‘Cause I looked at it and was like “wow,” he does look like him. That’s cool.

You guys could have some fun with this if you want.

DC: I know, but it’s kind of an integrity issue, you know what I mean? But we’ve been debating that.

Steve: Yeah.

DC: But I can just imagine that if some of the birthers, or some of the right-wingers really just wanted to start some stuff, and really wanted to make it nasty, they could just throw Obama all over this thing. And then they’re gonna pick the lyrics apart, and it’s stupid, but that’s how it works, isn’t it? There’s a certain segment of the population that actually believes that shit, man. We were talking about saying, “We don’t know if it’s him—it could be him,” but we don’t want to do that. We’re straight-up cats. We’re not trying to do it like that. We know for a fact that it wasn’t him.

You’re positive.

DC: Yeah. Unless he says (in Obama voice): “Yeah, I was there. I’d just gotten out of grad school and was down in Atlanta and I loved that song…” then I’d be like, Wow. My mouth would be open wide and I’d be like “I don’t remember.” ‘Cause there was a thousand people at that video shoot. It was a real, serious party video shoot, the concept for it. We did it at a place called Lakewood Fairgrounds, which is an old airplane hangar. A lot of people in Atlanta came out for that. Ed Lover from Yo! MTV Raps was in the video. Tony Mercedes was there. A whole bunch of people were in it, there were cameos, but I don’t remember a young Barack Obama there. I would have known!

In a story broken by Gawker.Com, eagle-eyed, nostalgic YouTube watchers repeatedly viewed the video for Tag Team’s “Whoomp There It Is, upside down and inside out, and have discovered that Barack Obama was allegedly in the video. See the 1:01 minute mark, for the leader of the free world, politickin’ on his celly.

Chalk this up with other Obama conspiracy theories which suggest he is a Nazi-Muslim-Socialist-Freedom-Hating-Vote-Rigging-Private-Army-Having-Terrorist that was not born in the United States and has a deep seeded hatred for white people.

We’re not saying Barack Obama was an extra in the Tag Team video, we just fear that he might be. We’re just asking questions.