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Folks from around the country were touched by the fist bump that Vice President Kamala Harris gave former President Barack Obama and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama. The simple, quick, yet powerful gesture between Harris and the Obamas is already being called “iconic,” “must-see” and “photo of the day” by the likes of…

Michelle Obama celebrated her 57th birthday by giving her multitude of fans and followers a rare glimpse of her makeup-free beauty. The New York Times bestselling author of Becoming showed off her long natural curls that elegantly framed a glowing shot of herself bare-faced in a black-and-white photo. Obama has been flossing her crown of…

Michelle Obama poured out the contents of her soul regarding the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Obama, 56, was startled by the stark disparity between the way that Black Lives Matter protesters were treated in the summer of 2020 and White thugs were handled this week by Capitol police.…

Barack Obama’s phenomenal run as the most admired man has come to an end in 2020. However, his wife Michelle Obama kept her crown as the world’s most admired woman, according to a recently-released Gallup Poll. The 44th president, 59, was previously named the nation’s most admired man for 12 consecutive years, a record he…

Barack Obama started a tradition after leaving the White House of listing his favorite songs each year. The former president, 59, and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, 56, have pleasantly surprised admirers with how contemporary their combined musical palates are. Of course, the former first couple admits they’ve been greatly aided by their…

Michelle Obama came to the defense of Jill Biden, whose use of the academic title of “Dr.” was the subject of a controversial op-ed recently published in The Wall Street Journal. Obama, 56, who spent about a decade being disrespected despite acquiring two degrees from Ivy League schools, took to social media to respond to…

It is remarkable that Sasha Obama does not own a single social media platform, and yet the internet explodes every time a rare image of the former first daughter is posted. It just happened on Dec. 1, 2020, when a TikTok video showing the 19-year-old University of Michigan sophomore dancing with friends went viral internationally.…

Sasha Obama is making headlines again for a nifty dance sequence that was posted on TikTok on Wednesday, Dec. 02, 2020, and then quickly snatched off the site by unknown influences. Barack and Michelle Obama’s younger daughter was front and center, showing off her deft dance skills, and created excitement for female fans by flossing…

Former President Barack Obama delivered some enthralling anecdotes about his time inside the White House in his upcoming memoir, A Promised Land. According to an excerpt obtained by The Sunday Times of the U.K., Obama was forced to quit coaching his youngest daughter Sasha’s fourth-grade basketball team due to chronic complaints from parents within the…

Michelle Obama has had it with President Donald Trump’s antics as it pertains to the peaceful transition of power over to President-elect Joe Biden. The former first lady blazed the 45th president with a scorching message for her 45 million Instagram followers on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. Her pointed words come less than 24 hours after…

Barack Obama explained how his wife objected to him making his historic run for the presidency. During an interview with “60 Minutes” on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, the 44th president recounted former first lady Michelle Obama‘s reaction once she found out about her husband’s grand ambitions. “I do not want you running for president. God,…

Barack Obama comes raw in his eagerly anticipated memoir, A Promised Land, saying the current president “promised an elixir for the racial anxiety” of “millions of Americans spooked by a Black man in the White House.” This is a side of Obama that most of the public never got to see or hear during his…

Former President Barack Obama opens up for the first time about the sizable toll his presidency took on his marriage. The 44th president writes in A Promised Land, which goes on sale on Nov. 17, 2020, that he discerned underlying tensions while he and wife Michelle and their children were living in a sometimes suffocating…

Sasha Obama, the youngest daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama, went viral on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, after she rapped to a City Girls song on TikTok. The video of Sasha Obama, as expected, was snatched off TikTok with a quickness. But several publications, including Yahoo and Baller Alert, were able to capture Obama, 19,…

Michelle Obama is appealing to the emotions of the American populace as we embark on the most important election of our generation less than a month away. The former first lady, who attained her law degree from Harvard University, spoke on a video appropriately titled “Michelle Obama’s Closing Arguments.” In it, she spoke to why…

Former President Barack Obama made hearts melt when he called his wife Michelle “the love of my life” on their 28th wedding anniversary Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. The beloved couple took to social media to honor one another and to articulate their gratitude for their partnership during life’s uncertain times. The former first lady, 56,…

Michelle Obama brought her family members on the latest episode of her podcast to discuss the hot-button topics of police brutality and police misconduct against Black Americans. The “Michelle Obama Podcast” featured the former first lady, 56, her older brother Craig Robinson, 58, and their mother Marian Robinson, 83. Craig Robinson, in particular, learned early…

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Recently, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion were in the headlines again — not about Megan’s gunshot wound to the foot or Cardi’s conversations with politicians but their collaboration and the explicit lyrics in their new single “WAP,” which is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The video for the track featured a…

Michelle Obama appeared to take a veiled swipe at Kanye West’s presidential campaign, but not everyone picked up on it right away. Some media members, however, did discern some subtle shade thrown the rapper’s way. During the former FLOTUS’ keynote speech on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020,…