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UN Travel: Ban Ki-Moon Breaks It Down

October 8, 2008 at 11:30 AM | by | Comments (0)


To honor rapper Jay-Z's humanitarian work with helping stymie the world's water crisis, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon busted out a rap at the UN Global Leadership Awards celebration this week in New York. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas also showed up to take in the awkward-but-endearing performance.

The quality on this clip is lousy, but its worth a look if only to see the world's diplomatic leader attempt to kick it.

Sort of reminds us of the cringe-worthy moments when our parents attempted to display their hipness with teenage lingo when delivering the obligatory "Don't do drugs!" speech in high school. Check it:

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