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White House declines petition to deport Justin Bieber
A petition to deport Justin Bieber back to Canada drew upward of 250,000 signatures on the White House’s website, requiring a formal response from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. On Saturday, President...
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Watch President Obama awkwardly sing along to “On the Road Again” with Willie...
Yesterday, the White House honored American troops with an all-star concert featuring performances from Willie Nelson, John Fogerty, Mary J. Blige, Common, and others. For the encore, Nelson invited...
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James Flacco is the new Adele Dazeem
Photo via @Tiouririne/Twitter This afternoon, President Barack Obama held a pre-Christmas press conference at the White House. Among other things, he addressed Sony’s cancelation of The Interview (a...
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President Obama speaks on his relationship with Kanye West
During a recent lecture at Oxford University, Kanye West revealed that President Barack Obama “calls the home phone.” Not so fast says the President. Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night,...
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Morrissey on President Obama: “He seems to be white inside”
Morrissey may hail from the UK, but he has some strong thoughts on American politics. In a new interview with Alternative Nation, the outspoken singer expressed discontent over President Barack Obama’s...
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Prince and Stevie Wonder perform secret concert at the White House
Photo by Karrah Kobus / NPG Records Two decades ago, Tipper Gore cited Prince’s “Darling Nikki” as the reason why there should be warning labels on albums. It appears the current administration has a...
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President Barack Obama appears on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast — listen
Last week, Marc Maron shocked the Internet by announcing he was speaking with President Barack Obama. He broke the news prior to his hilarious episode with Judd Apatow, another solid guest that speaks...
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President Barack Obama is a guest on the new Coldplay album
Perhaps taking a page from Pope Francis, President Barack Obama seems to be gearing up for a post-presidency career in indie rock. As The Sun reports, Obama is featured on Coldplay’s new album, A Head...
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Kendrick Lamar met with President Obama in the Oval Office
The relationship between hip-hop and politics hasn’t always been a pleasant one — just ask FOX. But over his years in office, President Obama has done his part to change the narrative. Most recently,...
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President Obama picks a winner in Kendrick Lamar – Drake rap battle
This afternoon President Barack Obama participated in a live Q&A on YouTube. Many of the questions asked were decided by YouTube viewers. Naturally, one question involved Kendrick Lamar and Drake....
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President Obama to skip Nancy Reagan’s funeral in order to attend South by...
President Barack Obama has opted to attend South by Southwest over the funeral for former first lady Nancy Reagan, reports The Washington Post. As previously reported, President Obama is scheduled to...
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President Obama declares June as African-American Music Appreciation Month
President Barack Obama, a known fan of hip-hop who has advised Kanye West on a possible political career and hailed Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly as the best album of 2015, has now declared the...
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Kendrick Lamar to perform at President Obama’s Fourth of July barbecue
Since the beginning of his presidency, Barack Obama has hosted a Fourth of July barbecue for members of the military and their families. For his final cook out, one of the president’s favorite artists...
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Kendrick Lamar, Janelle Monáe make President Obama’s Fourth of July BBQ the...
Since the beginning of his presidency, Barack Obama has hosted a Fourth of July barbecue for members of the military and their families. For the president’s final cook out, Kendrick Lamar and Janelle...
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President Obama hypes himself up with Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”
For many, Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” is the ultimate hype-up anthem. Even the Leader of the Free World has Marshall Mathers on his playlist. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has released a...
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President Obama celebrated his 55th birthday by partying with Kendrick Lamar
President Barack Obama celebrated his 55th birthday with a star-studded bash at the White House on Friday night. According to People, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, Beyoncé, and John Legend were all in...
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Hipster President Barack Obama shares his summer playlist
Whoever ends up in the White House next February, one thing is for certain: They will lack the utter class and musical taste of President Barack Obama. In the last few months alone, Barry has staged a...
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Hipster President Barack Obama is hosting his very own music festival
Barack Obama, America’s first hipster president. Recent activities have certainly earned Obama such a title; he’s hosted a Fourth of July BBQ featuring performances by Kendrick Lamar and Janelle Monáe;...
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President Obama reveals lineup for South by South Lawn festival
On Monday, October 4th, President Barack Obama will host his very own music festival on the south lawn of the White House. Produced in collaboration with South by Southwest, the aptly titled South by...
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Barack Obama dances to “Hotline Bling”, dabs during final musical event as...
On Friday night, Barack Obama hosted his final musical event as president: “Love and Happiness”, presented in collaboration with BET, featured performances from Usher, The Roots, Janelle Monáe, De La...
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President Obama reads Mean Tweets, including a Nickelback insult — watch
Barack Obama’s farewell tour hit Hollywood on Friday night as the soon-to-be-ex-president made one final appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. As part of his visit, Obama took part in an installment of...
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President Barack Obama reveals his top five rappers
Barack Obama hasn’t been in danger of losing the title of coolest president ever since he snatched it from Bill Clinton about 10 seconds into his first term. But he’s spent the last few months of his...
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Members of Radiohead, Guns N’ Roses, Green Day sign Standing Rock open letter...
Photos by Heather Kaplan (Kate Nash, Green Day) and Philip Cosores (Sia) British artist Kate Nash has enlisted more than 120 of her fellow musicians to sign an open letter to President Obama, the Army...
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President Obama signs nationwide legislation banning ticket bots
President Obama has signed into law the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act of 2016, which makes it a federal offense to use computer software to buy tickets online. The bill, which was passed by the...
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Key & Peele present farewell Obama Anger Translator sketch on The Daily Show...
People have sought catharsis after the election of Donald Trump in a number of ways, from protesting in the streets to singing songs to throwing massive parties. Producer and writer Jay Martel found...
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The Obamas threw an epic going-away party at the White House last night that...
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have just a couple of weeks left on their lease in the White House, and they seem intent on going out in style. Last night, the POTUS and FLOTUS...
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Actress sentenced to 18 years in prison for mailing ricin to President Obama
An actress who mailed ricin to President Obama and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg will spend the next 18 years in federal prison. Shannon Guess Richardson, a 36-year-old native of Texas, has...
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Barack Obama unveils presidential portrait painted by Kehinde Wiley
Former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama unveiled their official portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC on Monday. Appropriately, Kehinde Wiley became...
View ArticleRead Barack and Michelle Obama’s touching tribute to Aretha Franklin
President Barack Obama made music as much a part of his presidency as any politician before him or since, often welcoming a range of performers to the White House for various cultural celebrations....
View ArticleBarack Obama encourages people to vote: “This is not Coachella”
Former president Barack Obama encouraged voters to hit the polls this November, saying during a speech at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Friday that “this moment in our country is too...
View ArticleBarack Obama guests on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new Hamildrop “One Last Time (44...
Over the last year or so, Lin-Manuel Miranda has been steadily dropping tracks inspired by his hit Broadway musical Hamilton. The Hamildrops series has featured contributions from The Decemberists,...
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