“Seven years ago, Lin-Manuel Miranda came to the White House Poetry Jam. He took the mic and announced that he and his musical collaborator, Alex Lacamoire, were going to perform a song from a hip-hop album they were working on, and I’m quoting him, ’about the life of somebody who embodies hip-hop, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton’. And so, we all started laughing, but Lin-Manuel was serious. And who’s laughing now?” - Barack Obama
