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#1552 Ten Things: If George Washington Could Drop the Mic

Listening to America

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The History of George Washington

The first recorded use of dropping the mic was Johnny Rotten, a British rock star back in the 70s. It became popular with Eddie Murphy in a stand-up thing he did called Delirious in 1983. And then of course, the first president to drop the mic was Barack Obama during the White House Correspondence Dinner in 2016.

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