Barack Obama Drops Summer time Playlist with Shaboozey, Beyoncé, Saweetie & Extra

Barack Obama‘s bought a wholesome mixture of hip hop, nation, R&B and techno home in his ears proper now — the forty third President’s 2024 summer time playlist covers each nook of the music map.

Obama dropped his annual prime music choice Monday, alongside along with his summer time studying checklist. Noticeably absent from his music checklist is the 12 months’s biggest-selling tune — Kendrick Lamar‘s Drake-diss “Not Like Us.”

You do not have to be a former commander-in-chief to know selecting that music would spur a hip-hop political debate, however Obama nonetheless gave a number of rappers the highlight — Megan Thee Stallion and GloRilla‘s “Wanna Be,” Saweetie‘s “My Best,” and reversion cuts like Widespread‘s “The People” and 2Pac‘s “How Do U Want It” additionally made the reduce.

Obama flexed his musical vary, championing new nation classics equivalent to Shaboozey‘s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Beyoncé‘s “Texas Hold ‘Em” and Moneybagg Yo and Morgan Wallen‘s “Whiskey Whiskey.”

Latin entice smashes equivalent to Unhealthy Bunny and Feid‘s “Perro Negro” and Chris Jedi‘s “Bad Boy” have been additionally included … as have been BO’s favored R&B choices like Jill Scott‘s “Golden” and Tommy Richman‘s “Million Dollar Baby.”

As for his studying checklist, Obama trusted the pens of authors Percival Everett, Jonathan Blitzer, Lisa Ko and Adelle Waldman …  recommending everybody give their books a learn.