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GOP lawmakers are being violently attacked and North Korea may be a bigger threat than ever — but it seems Barack Obama has more important things to speak about these days.

The former president took a break from his “busy” schedule this week to fawn over friend and rapper Jay Z for his induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Obama bragged about all of the rapper’s lyrics he knew and how the two have so much in common — conveniently omitting that Jay Z was a massive drug dealer before he became famous.

Watch the clip above to see Obama’s important take on this week’s news — if you can handle it.