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Speaking of beyonce who loves to perform for gadhafi. she performed for president obama, one of the inaugurals. >> second one. >> trump is a white republican. so of course, oh, no, you cant perform for him. we all know, guys if the roles were reversed, the same liberal celebrities would be calling their peers racist for not performing if it was obama and it was happening. if celebrities were daring to boycott the first black president. oh, you guys are a bunch of racist. its okay to boycott the ...

Trump won by playing on those themes as well as sports and pop cull cur. beyonce aligning herself with the black lives matter movement in her super bowl halftime performance that seemed to pay tribute to the black panther party. colin kaepernick refusing to stand the very next season for the playing of the national anthem. sandwiched between the hip hop musical "hamilton" nominated for a record setting 16 tony awards and winning 11. and two long-form projects that focused on the life of o.j. sim...

>> no, you dont wrestle a dictator and live to tell about it because you have to let them win. lets keep it real, how many people are going do watch? nobody, we dont care. everybody wants to see the staredown between trump and the whisper, its my house now, get out. and obama, i changed the locks. nobody cares about the performance at the indiana august ration. i never have -- inauguration. if you asked me who did it last time, i couldnt tell you. rachel: beyonce. [inaudible conversations] >> sh...

From trump, and then the cultural production which seemed kind of in opposition to it in a lot of ways, does that -- you buy that thesis? >> yeah, i think this is definitely a year where politics wise we had terrible stuff happening with trump using race to bait voters and use them as a scapegoat and paralleled with that we have people like beyonce and kaepernick and other people who are creating art and music who are really, like, digging into their own identity and pushing out against that. >>...

Bowl performance, colin kaepernick taking a knee and think about the campaign and the constant white identity politics from trump, and then the cultural production which seemed kind of in opposition to it in a lot of ways, does that -- you buy that thesis? >> yeah, i think this is definitely a year where pluolits wise we had terrible stuff happening with trump using race to bait voters and use them as a scapegoat and paralleled with that we have people like beyonce and kaepernick and other peopl...

Why?! why did i work that hard for eight years, just getting wiped away in one election? >> on the other hand, he did enjoy his highest approval ratings since the last presidential vote. >> it was a good and bad year for him, but i think hes going to have a great year next year when hes out of there and on a beach. >> the political scene was such a bar fight, it was sometis hard to remember all the other things that were going on, but there was plenty, so, keep your boots on. ♪ coming up, mo...

Plenty of others were fighting for the spotlight. the tovlo, ariana grande, taylor swift, and justin bieber, too. >> a tiny man from canada. i like him. i like houston bieber. >> i do a lot of future, a lot of 2 chainz, a lot of drake. ♪ ♪ so baby pull me closer in the backseat of your rover ♪ >> im kind of obsessed with that song "closer" by the chain smokerz. >> best proof atlanta is one of the hottest music places in the country, black beatles. ♪ if i was you id wanna be me, too ♪ >...

I like him. hes making some songs. hes a weird person. i dont understand but i like houston bieber. >> i do a lot of future, a lot of 2 chainz, a lot of drake. ♪ ♪ so baby pull me closer in the seatf your rover ♪ >> im kind of obsessed with that song "closer" by the chain smokerz. >> best proof atlanta is one of the hottest music places in the country, black beatles. ♪ if i was you id wanna be me, too ♪ >> best proof shes no flash in the pan came from meghan trainor. >> you know what i...

>> it was a good and bad year for him, but i think hes going to have a great year next year when hes out of there and on a beach. >> the political scene was such a bar fight, it was sometimes hard to remember all the other things that were going on, but there was plenty, so, keep your boots on. coming up, move along, little doggies. well have the hottest music of the year, including sweet sounds from beyonce, drake, and the chain smokerz. the world of tv turns west. and what has 18 legs and ta...

♪ >> online, the best mashup, hamilton and beyonce. the worst break-in, the naked burglar who lost his pants crawling through the roof of a pizza place, but didnt find any money either. some of the political memes were hilariou hilarious, and all the t-rex costumes had us smiling, especially the one on "american ninja warrior." we really like that traditional good-bye to a teacher in new zealand. but in the end the best viral preoccupati preoccupation, the mannequin challenge. >> he everybodys...