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Obama: Whoomp! (There He Isn't)

Rumours that Barack Obama appeared as an extra in the 1993 music video for Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is) have sadly proven unfounded.

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By Gabrielle Procter

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Rumours that Barack Obama appeared as an extra in the 1993 music video for Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is) have sadly proven unfounded.

Gawker.com says that rap group Tag Team have denied the man playing dominoes in their video is the US president.

Instead they have said that Obama's doppelganger is another rapper and friend, LA Sno.

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