US President Joe Biden delivers a new howler during speech

US President Joe Biden has delivered a new howler in a speech during the Congressional Black Caucus Phoenix Awards. Rapper LL Cool J was labelled by Biden as “the great artist of our time” before the President called him “LL Jay Cool J uhhh…”. The crowd burst out laughing as the President continued “that boy … that man has got biceps bigger than my thighs”. Criticism followed after people began to point out that the word ‘boy’ had racist connotations. The speech was meant to honour LL Cool J and MC Lyte for their musical contributions to Hip-Hop.