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Watch President Obama Beatbox in Vietnam

President Obama showed off some pretty weak beatbox skills in Vietnam.

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President Barack Obama was in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam yesterday for a town hall meeting Wednesday. He took the opportunity to beatbox for a rapper. Watch it below.

President Barack Obama was in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam yesterday for a town hall meeting Wednesday. He took the opportunity to beatbox for a rapper. Watch it below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWk1PTarzs

It turns out the rapper is 26-year-old Hang Lam Trang Anh, known by her stage name Suboi. Some consider her Vietnam’s “queen of hip hop.”

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Tags: Asia, Barack Obama, Foreign & Public Diplomacy, Vietnam

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