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Barack Obama Admits Presidency Put a Strain on Marriage to Michelle Obama

Our forever First Family kept a picture-perfect image in public but Barack Obama opened up about the strain his 8-year presidency had on his marriage in his memoir, A Promise Land. Despite…

Our forever First Family kept a picture-perfect image in public but Barack Obama opened up about the strain his 8-year presidency had on his marriage in his memoir, A Promise Land.

Despite Michelle’s growing popularity and individual achievements, Barack wrote in one of his anecdotes that he can sense an “undercurrent of tension in her, subtle but constant.”

He continued, “It was as if, confined as we were within the walls of the White House, all her previous sources of frustration became more concentrated, more vivid, whether it was my round the clock absorption with work, or the way politics exposed our family to scrutiny and attacks, or the tendency of even friends and family members to treat her role as secondary in importance.”

Barack admitted that some nights he laid next to her and reminisced about the days before he became President of the United States. “When everything between us felt lighter, when her smile was more constant and our loveless encumbered, and my heart would suddenly tighten at the thought that those days might not return.”

His love life is one of the many topics the 768-page book touches on. Next week, Obama fans will get the chance to read his take on his historic 2008 election, racism, and of course his successor, Donald Trump.

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A$AP Rocky Brings Rihanna and Son Riot Rose Onstage During Copenhagen

A$AP Rocky turned his Copenhagen tour stop into a memorable family affair when Rihanna and their son, Riot, joined him onstage during the European leg of his “Don’t Be Dumb” tour on Friday, September 18.

Closing out the show in Denmark, Rocky performed “Lord Pretty Flacko Joyde 2” and brought out Rihanna and Riot Rose to join him onstage. Livebitez captured the moment on camera and posted it to Instagram. In the clip, Rocky performs with his signature energy while Rihanna sits with Riot on her lap and enjoys the show.

Rihanna and Riot, along with several other family members and friends, have attended Rocky’s shows on tour, and their Copenhagen appearance is the latest example of the family showing up for the rapper’s latest run of performances.

Meanwhile, speculation about Rocky and Rihanna has continued to swirl with rumors of the superstar couple being shot down in various ways time and time again. But their appearance in Copenhagen gave a glimpse of the family sharing a moment as Rocky continued his European tour.

The “Don’t Be Dumb” tour is still going strong, so fans will have to wait and see if Rihanna, Riot, or other members of Rocky’s family and circle make another appearance before the tour ends.

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recent leak of Kanye West and Jay-Z’s “Living So Italian” brings back the legendary Watch the Throne mystery.

One of the most longed unreleased tracks from the album era is Watch the Throne, and 15 years after Kanye West and Jay-Z dropped it, it has reappeared online. Another fleeting peek of a long untouchable song: a new nine-second clip of “Living So Italian” is rumored to have leaked.

Beyond the officially released material, Watch The Throne is also long linked to unreleased songs that have become highly sought-after among fans. “Living So Italian” is one of those songs that has had bits and pieces emerge online over the years, but never the full song.

Even in that short clip, the snippet adds another piece to the long-running mystery around the track. The production has a lavish European feel, which suits the song’s title and the material associated with West during the Watch The Throne era.

The possibility of hearing Jay-Z alongside West on the full production has also added to the track’s appeal. The two artists have since fallen out, and a collaboration between them is unlikely. Their official collaboration “Jail” has been described as possibly their last, adding another layer of suspense to older material from their collaborative period.

The new snippet also raises a bigger question of what unreleased material from the Watch The Throne era could still be out there. “Living So Italian” is one of many unreleased songs from that period, and many of those recordings may never be heard.

But for now, fans have another nine seconds to wait instead of the whole track. Yet the emergence of a new snippet after years of leaks and rumors shows that the Watch The Throne vault still has material that can garner attention long after the album’s original release.

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