Yesterday wasn’t the first time that “Hamilton” star Lin-Manuel Miranda rapped at the White House. He appeared there six years ago for a performance.
But yesterday was the first time the president of the United States was his sidekick in a freestyle rap in the Rose Garden. Miranda didn’t see the words ahead of time.
It was part of a day-long celebration of the arts with local students at the White House.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins