Jay-Z cuts ad for Obama

President Obama praised Jay-Z in a video appearance last month, and now the rapper is returning the favor.

In a new ad for the president’s reelection campaign, Jay-Z says Obama brought hope to the country in 2008 and motivated people to vote for the first time.

"For so long, there was this voice that was silenced out there as far as exercising your right to vote,” Jay-Z says. “I think it was a voice that was silent because people had lost hope. They didn't believe that their voice mattered or counted. … Now people are exercising their right, and you are starting to see the power of our vote. He made it mean something for the first time for a lot of people. "