Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you're always going to find a hip-hop tape; that's all I buy, that's all I live, that's all I listen to, that's all I love.
The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me.
I would be surprised to see the White House scaling back on anything. That would be an admission they are operating from a position of weakness.

