It’s hard to believe that it’s been 8 years since the Obama girls, Sasha and Malia, entered the White House to live at the tender ages of 7 and 10. Growing up before our very eyes, it was almost like they were our little sisters too. On Tuesday, President Barack Obama gave his final speech as president, as next week he’ll be handing over the baton to President-Elect Donald Trump. It has been an emotional ride for the first family, as everyone has expressed their well wishes to them as they make their exit out. In their honor, B.E.T threw a night of celebration for the family as celebrities galore have poured out to them over the coming weeks giving thanks for their commitment and service to the country over the past 8 years. While all the talk has been geared toward Barack and Michelle; former daughters Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush decided to pen a letter to the Obama girls as they leave the home they have grown to love and know over the years.

Per Time, the letter celebrated all the Obama sisters had experienced while they lived in the White House and the newfound freedom they’ll experience when they leave. In the letter, the girls expressed their feelings toward the sisters and gave some wisdom; encouragement and big sisterly advice for their years outside of the constant public eye. This would be the Bush sisters second letter to the Obama girls; they wrote one in 2009 when they took office and again in 2016 as they leave and embark on journeys of their own. You can watch the Bush girls read their heartfelt letter above as they visited The Today Show.

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Malia Obama will be following in her parents, President Barack and First Lady, Michelle Obama’s footsteps. She will be attending Harvard for college in Fall 2017.

The White House announced this early Sunday, May 1st. She’s waiting for her father to leave office before she attends, which explains the year she’ll be taking off for school. It has been talked about for months now about what college she would attend; now she is one of the latest of Presidential children to attend this illustrious university in Cambridge, Mass.

Malia visited dozens of other elite schools including Yale, Brown, Columbia, Princeton, Univ. of Pennsylvania, New York Univ. Standford, Tufts , Berkeley, Barnard and Wesleyan. But made the decision to go with Harvard.

This picture was posted by a friend of Malia Obama’s on Facebook, wearing a 2020 Harvard T-Shirt

“The President and Mrs. Obama announced today that their daughter Malia will attend Harvard University in the fall of 2017 as a member of the Class of 2021. Malia will take a gap year before beginning school,” the White House said in a statement.

This can be a great opportunity for her to travel and will hopefully yield so much attention from the public eye, due to her father term being over by then.  Seems to be smart thinking from Malia and her family to make this decision. A gap before college is also helpful and a popular choice for those who want to have experience outside the classroom.

Malia will be following the footsteps of a few presidential children such as John Quincy Adams’ son, John Adams II; Abraham Lincoln’s son Robert, Caroline Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy; the sons of Fanklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Rooselvelt and also, George W. Bush.

Obama received his Bachelor’s at Columbia University, While Michelle received hers at Princeton. A couple of years later they ended up at Harvard Law.

Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C. is where Malia will be graduating from next month, in June. This high school is also where a good amount of Havard Students have come from.

Congratulations to Malia on her future graduation and future success at Harvard University! May she pass the ultimate legacy of her mother and father.

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Cause every time I make a move they be sweatin’ me
They want another black man in penitentiary
It’s even hard for that brother standing next to me
Cause he could catch a bullet that was really meant for me

In a recent interview during the popular trade show Agenda (held at the Jacob Javits center), DUNK360 and The Shrine Co. teamed up to interview Pro Era’s very own Joey Bada$$.
In the interesting set up, the collaborative ordeal entitled “The Shrine Shuttle”, Joey, Ernest Estime, and co. drove around in the back of a van to talk about what it feels like to finally drop his album “B4.DA.$$“, his favorite song/bars from the project, and more. He also took time out to detail the story behind Malia Obama supporting Pro Era, his opinion on the current state of music, social media’s pluses + minuses, and even talks about his favorite team to win Super Bowl XLIX.

Check out the uncensored interview down below and be sure to support Brooklyn’s latest great by buying the debut album “B4.DA.$$” right here.

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Malia Obama (President’s daughter)

In the last two years Joey Bada$$ has really started to come into his own. While still fairly young and still rising to his full potential, his music has seemingly caught the ear of maybe the most important 16-year-old in the United States. Who you might be asking? Well, Malia Obama of course. Earlier this month, a picture started circling around  the web (see above) of none other than The President’s daughter repping a Pro Era T-shirt. Even though the picture is nothing inappropriate, The White House started investigating how the picture was even leaked in the first place. Apparently, the picture was sent through a mutual friend of Malia’s who also happens to be a Pro Era fan.

Regardless of how Barrack and Michelle Obama may feel about their daughters being on social media platforms, this kind of publicity for an artist like Joey Bada$$ is big at this point in his career. With this national attention, his first official upcoming album B4.Da.$$ (dropping Jan 20th) could take him to the places within the industry he’s been waiting for.

This photo is also very important when discussing the country and the hip-hop culture as a whole. Malia may have managed to tear down some of the stereotypical walls boxing in Bada$$ and artists like him. If such an important, adored, and well-mannered role model such as Malia Obama finds Joey’s music appealing, he may be gaining some unexpected fans who view him in a new light and in a way they never imagined. This hopefully won’t be the last time Malia or other people in a position of influence give insight into their true likes and dislikes, as things like this bring us all a lot closer together. With so much pain, anger, injustice and opposite views on life, it’s nice to know that whether you’re getting ready for school, finishing work or assisting your dad in leading the free world, Joey Bada$$ is welcome in your playlist.

Also, according to Bada$$, he was not actually aware it was Malia Obama being photographed upon first or second look, yet after he found out, quickly re-posted the picture himself and is very thankful for the shout-out (watch full video below).

There’s no question the Hip-Hop community is just as excited as Malia Obama about Joey Bada$$ and his new album, so let’s hope he releases his album on January 20th as planned, and who knows? Maybe Joey has a few lines of appreciation ready and maybe Malia will snap a pic of her holding the album once it drops? Time will tell.

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