If you remember, last week Jay-Z and Beyonce took a trip to Cuba for their 5th wedding anniversary.
Today Jay-Z released a song, titled “Open Letter,” which refers to that trip and how the “Boy from the hood… got White House clearance.”
A few other key lyrics include lines, “I turned Havana into Atlanta… Boy from the hood/ I got White House clearance… Obama said, ‘Chill you gonna get me impeached/ You don’t need this shit anyway, chill with me on the beach’”
White House spokesman, Jay Carney, responded, saying “I guess nothing rhymes with Treasury… because Treasury offers and gives licenses for travel, as you know, and the White House has nothing to do with it.”
He concludes, “It’s a song, Donovan,” referring to the reporter asking the question, “the President did not communicate with Jay-Z over this trip.”
Billboard pointed out that Donovan Slack tweeted some suggestions for rhymes after the presser:
#rhymeswithtreasury Hennessy RT @michaelscherer: Also ryhmes with Treasury: Bestiary, Statuary.
— Donovan Slack (@DonovanSlack) April 11, 2013
Touché Donovan!
