MusicNewsWatch Vietnam’s number one rap queen spit for Barack ObamaSee Suboi stand up at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City and rap about whether people with big houses and money are really happyShareLink copied ✔️May 25, 2016MusicNewsTextThomas Gorton Firstly, Suboi is amazing. The Vietnamese, 26-year-old Eminem obsessive used to front a nu-metal band before leaving that behind to kickstart a rap career. Earlier this year we interviewed Suboi about the personal elements to her music, hitting up SXSW and circumventing censorship at home. Since then, she’s been busy and found herself rapping for the President Of The United States at a question and answer session with Vietnamese youth in Ho Chi Minh City. As you do. In the video, Suboi stands up to ask Barack Obama a question about how important arts and culture is to nations, declaring that she’s a rapper. Obama says he’ll happily answer once she’s performed a rap and even beatboxes so she can lay something down (his beatboxing ain’t that great). Suboi dives in acapella and enlists the help of claps from the crowd to keep her flow. When’s she done, she announces that Vietnamese people think that “rapping isn’t for women”. Obama says that it’s much the same in the US, before responding to her question by saying that he truly believes that if you try to suppress the arts, you’re suppressing the deepest dreams and aspirations of the people.” Watch below. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREBloodz Boi: The humble godfather of Chinese underground rapA rare interview with POiSON GiRL FRiEND, dream pop’s future seerNigeria’s Blaqbonez is rapping to ‘beat his high score’Inside Erika de Casier’s shimmering R&B universe ‘Rap saved my life’: A hazy conversation with MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt7 essential albums by the SoulquariansIs AI really the future of music?The KPop Demon Hunters directors on fan theories and a potential sequelplaybody: The club night bringing connection back to the dancefloorAn interview with IC3PEAK, the band Putin couldn’t silenceFrost Children answer the dA-Zed quizThe 5 best features from PinkPantheress’ new remix album