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Michelle Obama Lands a Spot of the Billboard Charts with 'Go to College'

You read that correctly; FLOTUS' hip hop bars are now on the charts. 
Michelle Obama Lands a Spot of the Billboard Charts
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By Lauren Porter · Updated October 27, 2020
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First Lady Michelle Obama is now a chart-making rapper. 

Billboard reports that the Mrs. Obama’s comedy hip-hop song “Go To College” has emerged in the 26th spot on the Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks. 

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The First Mom and education advocate created the rap song in collaboration with Saturday Night Live cast member Jay Pharaoh about the importance of attending college and pursuing higher education. 

But the First Lady isn’t the first member of the White House to make an appearance on a Billboard music chart. 

Her husband, President Obama, has a featured credit on the JX Cannon dance song “Pop Off,” which incorporates a sound bite of the President saying, “If folks want to pop off.” Earlier this month, the track landed in the number 10 spot on the weekly Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks chart.

Keep the rap hits coming, Mrs. Obama!

 

TOPICS:  Michelle Obama