Obama says his daughters have 'covered their ears' when he raps: 'They think it's painful'

[DonViejo]

BY ARIS FOLLEY - 04/04/21 10:28 AM EDT

Former President Obama brushed off a question in a recent video asking him to rap, citing Sasha and Malia’s disapproval of his past attempts to do so.

Obama made the remark in a video he posted to Instagram this weekend of him answering questions about the podcast he hosts alongside Bruce Springsteen, dubbed “Renegades: Born in the USA.”

Among the questions he answered was one from Complex magazine asking the former president -- who has been vocal in the past about his affinity for rap heavyweights like Drake, Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar -- if there was one verse he could recite by heart.

“First of all, Complex, you do not want to hear me rap,” the former president said in response. “When I have tried to rap, my daughters have rolled their eyes, covered their ears. They think it’s painful. They even think my dancing is better than my rapping.”

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[CurtEastPoint]

1. I love Joe but I still miss Barack.

[marble falls]

2. Bingo. Its like Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. Pippen was great but then there's Michael ...

Jordan on the same team. Scottie was a franchise caliber player, too.

[smb]

3. Could Be Worse

The Siamese cat we had when I was a kid would run up an nip Mom on the ankle when she sang.

[CTyankee]

4. When I think about it, I realize that Obama gave us more than what we knew and appreciated

when he was President: he gave us Joe Biden.

He chose a good man as VP because he himself was/is good.

And Joe has known great suffering which has ennobled him, IMHO. I remember seeing Beau's funeral on TV and crying so much I had to turn it off. I remember that.

I'm not religious, altho I am a stepmother to a rabbi and an aunt of a Methodist minister, but I respect and love Joe for his great soul.

[3catwoman3]

5. I suspect Sasha and Malia...

...are right about their dad’s rapping abilities, or lack thereof.

[stopdiggin]

6. could be. but they were obligated (as kids)

to vigorously object to any parental attempts. Young ladies got it right.
(and young ladies got brilliant parents!)

[JI7]

7. Anyone remember little Sasha making him stop when he tried to dance