Barack Obama confirmed that he makes his own music playlists despite “young” folks who believe otherwise. The former president confirmed the news during an interview with comedian Hasan Minhaj that was shared on YouTube on June 21.
Minhaj asked Obama if he really chose all the books, movies and music that he lists at the end of each year as his favorites. The 61-year-old said he was happy that Minhaj asked him the question because he was eager to set the record straight.
“I do!” he said. “I am so glad that I have this opportunity. People, they believe [I watch] the books and the movies. But the playlists, they somehow think, and this is mostly coming from young people like you. Somehow, y’all think, ‘you invented rock ‘n’ roll. You invented hip-hop.’
“And so, the fact that my lists are, you know, pretty incredible, people seem to think, ‘Well, he must have had some 20-year-old intern who was figuring out, you know, this latest cut,’” he continued. “No, man. It’s on my iPad right now.”
After Minhaj challenged the former president by asking if he really had “Life Is Good” by SiR featuring Scribz Riley on his playlist, Obama replied, “Yes, I do. Come on, man. Don’t play with me,” he continued.
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The author did reveal that he does take suggestions for his book, movie, and music playlists, and if he likes the suggestions, he will add them to his end-of-year lists.
“Look, here’s the bottom line of my playlist and my book list and my movie list. I am very scrupulous about making sure that this is stuff that I actually like,” he noted.
“I will confess that there are times on the playlist, on the music list, where I will get suggestions because it’s not like I got time to be listening to music…
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