President Obama Denies Having Any Prior Knowledge Of Jay-Z & Beyonce's Trip To Cuba "We've Got Better Things To Do" [Video]

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Jay-Z's new song "Open Letter" has stirred up more trouble than the rapper probably intended.

“Obama said, ‘Chill you’re going to get me impeached’ / You don’t need this s**t anyway, chill with me on the beach," Jay raps in the song.

Some took the lyrics to mean President Obama had prior knowledge of the trip that was supposedly approved by the Treasury Department for educational purposes.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney denied those allegations last week during a press conference.


The questions continued this morning on Today as Savannah Guthrie asked Obama about the trip during an interview.


“I wasn’t familiar that they were taking the trip,” the president said. “My understanding is I think they went through a group that organizes these educational trips down to Cuba. You know, this is not something the White House was involved with. We’ve got better things to do.”