In his final White House Correspondents’ Dinner as president, President Barack Obama aimed his jokes at the current crop of his potential successors. And he also dropped the mic.

At his final White House Correspondents' Dinner back in April, Obama poked fun at the press as well as at himself. He neared the end his speech by delivering a heartfelt thanks to the journalists ...

and the current slate of presidential candidates — all before literally dropping the mic. Obama was then followed by Comedy Central’s Nightly Show host Larry Wilmore, who seized the ...

So who popularized the mic drop? Forrest Wickman Forrest Wickman is Slate’s culture editor. Barack Obama. The mic drop has been employed by rappers and comedians since at least the 1980s ...

Holding two fingers to his lips, he picked up his mic, then let it dramatically drop to the ground. “With that, I have just two more words to say: Obama out," he said. The four-legged date of ...

President Obama closed his speech with "Obama out" and a mic drop before receiving a standing ovation from Washington and Hollywood bigwigs. "With that, I have just two more words to say: ...

So now, in the twilight of the presidential mic-drop era, here is a look at the 10 times that nerds have dropped the mic to reasonably good effect. The time Obama slow-jammed the news on The Tonight ...

President Obama has had to put up with a lot during ... but this time around, he knew he could drop the niceties. He’s sharp, sarcastic, and more at ease throwing insults back.

President Barack Obama gave his final correspondents’ dinner speech on Saturday night. He ended it in the most epic fashion by taking a page out of Kobe Bryant’s book. Obama said goodbye to ...

Hillary Clinton and others before he left the stage with a drop of the mic and a branded message that we think he stole from one Kobe Bryant. Obama poked fun at Clinton’s low approval rating and ...

So the president did the same thing, bringing his own microphone to end his final White House Correspondents' dinner speech with an "Obama out" and a mic drop Saturday night. "With that ...

Throughout his eight years in office, President Obama has achieved many things, but today he eclipsed all of them when his illustrated mic drop GIF was named the most popular of 2016 by GIPHY.