rich 1.0 President Obama hosted some of hip-hop's biggest stars for a meeting at the White House on Friday. According to a White House official Nicki Minaj, Chance the Rapper, Alicia Keys, Wale, J. Cole, and Ludacris were among the stars who sat down with Obama and some of his top advisers to talk about criminal justice reform and the My Brother's Keeper Initiative. An official says the stars were singled out due to their work within communities to confront issues facing young people. TIME's Top Stories https://audioboom.com/channels/3380207-time-s-top-stories Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/21155336/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/4438679/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>