Ga. School Rappers to Perform at Inauguration

A group of students from an inner-city Atlanta private elementary school that scored an Internet hit with a rap about the election is headed to Washington, D.C., to perform during inauguration events.

About 20 students from the Ron Clark Academy will sing their new song, "Dear Obama," during at least four inaugural balls on Jan. 20. At one of the events, the students will share the stage with R&B stars Usher and Patti LaBelle.

The students wrote the new song as a follow-up to their YouTube hit "Vote However U Like," which landed the children on ABC's "Good Morning America," CNN and BET.

Clark wrote the best-selling teaching book "The Essential 55" and who was portrayed by Matthew Perry in the TNT movie "The Ron Clark Story."

The school instructs inner-city fifth- through eighth-graders.

On the Net: Ron Clark Academy: http://www.ronclarkacademy.com/

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Students plan another political rap song

Some Georgia middle schoolers famous for a rap song about voting plan to come back with another song. 7th graders at Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta became a YouTube sensation by changing the words to local rapper T.I's song "Whatever You Like" to "You Can Vote However You Like." Now, they are working on a new song that spells out what they'd like to see President-elect Barack Obama accomplish while he is President.

(Associated Press)