A smiling man who bears a striking resemblance to the future president appears fleetingly in "Whoomp (There It Is)" – a successful 1993 release by hip-hop outfit Tag Team.

The mystery man appears at the 1 min 1 second mark in the video and is talking a on a large mobile phone while wearing a hat and sunglasses.

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Suggestions that the future leader of the free world, who is a fan of hip-hop, had found time in his pre-presidential days to join a video shoot swept the internet.

Further weight was given to the unlikely suggestion when it was noticed that the man in the video plays dominoes with his left hand. President Obama is left handed.

However, sadly for conspiracy theorists, in 1993 Mr Obama was already 31 and heavily involved in political and community activism in Chicago.

Members of Tag Team who spoke to the Gawker website said the president's doppelganger was in fact a friend of theirs, a Los Angeles rapper called LA Sno.