MIKE HUCKABEE CLAIMS JAY Z IS CROSSING THE LINE FROM HUSBAND TO PIMP BY EXPLOITING HIS WIFE AS SEX OBJECT IN NEW BOOK

Likely Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee takes a swipe at Jay Z and Beyonce in his new book, calling out the hip-hop duo for their on-stage sexual gyrations and explicit lyrics, and slams the Obamas for their close relationship with the A-list couple. 'How can it be that the Obamas let Sasha and Malia listen to that trash?' the onetime Arkansas governor-turned-Fox News host asks. 'Apparently they do.'

'Beyonce is incredibly talented – gifted, in fact,' the former Baptist minister writes. 'She has an exceptional set of pipes and can actually sing. She is a terrific dancer – without the explicit moves best left for the privacy of her bedroom.' But that's where the love-fest ends in the book 'God, Guns, Grits and Gravy.'

'Jay Z is a very shrewd businessman,' Huckabee adds, 'but I wonder: Does it occur to him that he is arguably crossing the line from husband to pimp by exploiting his wife as a sex object?' The book hits shelves on January 20 and is seen as a vehicle for Huckabee to take a second bite at the presidential campaign apple in 2016. He last ran in 2008, winning the Iowa caucuses and five Super Tuesday primaries before conceding the Republican nomination to Arizona Sen. John McCain.

Huckabee's weekend Fox News show has positioned him as a conservative culture warrior who may find it difficult to attract an audience in an increasingly secular America.

And nowhere in his book is the culture war between the coasts and 'flyover country' more present than in his backhand dismissals of Jay Z and Beyonce.