Barack Obama Releases His 2021 Playlist

Former President Obama unveiled his 2021 summer playlist on Saturday, which includes artists like Jay-Z, Rihanna, Jazmine Sullivan and a host of collabs with rapper Lil Baby.

“With so many folks getting together with family and friends, there’s a lot to celebrate this summer,” Obama said in an Instagram post.

 

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“I put together a playlist of some of the songs I’ve been listening to lately — it’s a mix of old and new, household names and emerging artists, and a whole lot in between,” he said.

Variations of the Playlist have been compiled by fans and supporters on Apple Music and Spotify.  Spotify user soundsdeli has a version that has garnered over 50k likes.

On Friday, President Obama unveiled his 2021 summer reading list, which includes “Klara and the Sun,” by Kazuo Ishiguro and “Patrick Radden Keefe’s “Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty.”