BROWN: Well, if you're going to introduce yourself to President Obama as a rapper, you better be ready to show off your skills. CNN's Jeanne Moos explains.</s>JEANNE MOOS, CNN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): We've seen him dance with Ellen. Tango in Argentina. And sing at the Apollo. But in Vietnam, President Obama got serenaded here.</s>SUE BOY, VIETNAMESE RAPPER: I'm a rapper here --</s>OBAMA: You're a rapper?</s>SUE BOY: -- in Saigon, Vietnam.</s>OBAMA: Oh, yes?</s>MOOS: It took a nudge from the president.</s>OBAMA: Why don't you give me a little rap? Let's see. Let's see what you've got.</s>MOOS: He even helped with a little beat boxing.</s>OBAMA: You need like a little beat?</s>SUE BOY: Vietnamese or English?</s>OBAMA: In Vietnamese. Of course.</s>SUE BOY: In Vietnamese.</s>MOOS: Her rap was about people with money and big houses, but are they happy?</s>OBAMA: Well, that was good.</s>MOOS (on camera): She wasn't just some random audience member. She is known in Vietnam as the queen of hip-hop. Her name, Sue Boy, comes from the nickname Sue, and her tomboy style. She's got music videos and tens of thousands of fans. (</s>Voice-over): She's been in movies and performed on "Vietnam Idol." No wonder she wasn't nervous rapping to the president.</s>SUE BOY: Actually, I was shaking. I was so excited and overwhelmed. A lot of like stereotype, like, you know, like, me, Asian rappers, they look and cute girls. And you know, people don't know --</s>OBAMA: Is that what they're thinking?</s>MOOS: Sue Boy says she taught herself English, rapping along with Eminem.
Obama Beatboxes for Vietnam's Queen of Rap