Yo Gotti, his girlfriend Angela Simmons and E-40 were among the guests in attendance at the White House’s annual holiday party earlier this week.
The two rappers and their significant others hit the Oval Office on Thursday (December 14) for an opulent gathering where they represented Hip Hop to the fullest.
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It was a star-studded affair with the rappers mixing it up with an array of politicians, artists, athletes, entertainers and other celebrities.
“Welcome To The White House Happy Holidays … #AnythingPossible … #KeepHustling,” the CMG boss wrote alongside a video recap of the event.
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40 captioned his highlights from the night: “Achieved many accomplishments this year but I remain humble & grateful I give God all the praise.”
Check out their posts below.
A fan proceeded to hop into the Bay Area legend’s comments to clown E-40’s outfit with a Coming To America reference: “40 stepping through the WH like KING Jaffe Joffer SHARP AND WITH CONFIDENCE… GOTTA LOVE BLK EXCELLENCE.”
Pulling up to the holiday party can be taken as an endorsement of President Biden as he seeks re-election next year.
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In other E-40 news, the rapper recently opened up about not being thrilled by the current state of Hip Hop and where it’s headed.
“I don’t like where it’s at,” he told CBS. “Because I feel like it’s not enough creativity. Everyone sounds the same. A lot of copycats.”
The Mount Westmore MC explained that he isn’t fond of the consistent negativity in young artists’ lyrics. He suggests that they focus on telling cautionary tales in their music rather than promoting crime and gang violence.
“I’m not tryna act like I’m hella positive,” E-40 explained. “But I am because I’m a storyteller. The things that sound like they ain’t positive, I talk about the repercussions and consequences if you do this. I’m a storyteller.”
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40 seems to echo a sentiment recently made by Lil Yachty‘s. The Atlanta rapper recently came under fire after saying that the genre is in a “terrible place” right now.
“The state of Hip Hop right now is a lot of imitation. It’s a lot of quick, low-quality music being put out,” he said during a sit down with Tierra Whack for Rolling Stone last month. “It’s a lot less risk-taking, it’s a lot less originality … People are too safe now. Everyone is so safe. I’d rather take the risk than take the L.”
