21 FANTASTIC FACTS ABOUT BARRACK OBAMA!
FACTS ABOUT BARRACK OBAMA 1. Obama was certainly born in America. Despite claims from several people that Obama was born outside of the US, his birthplace is Honolulu in Hawaii. 2. What does ‘Barack’ mean? Barack’s first name – which can shorten to ‘Barry’ – is actually Swahili, meaning ‘blessed one’. 3. Obama’s won Grammys. Believe it or not, Obama is a two-time Grammy winner. No, he didn’t compose any soundtracks or record a jazz album – he won at the 48th and 50th Awards for spoken word recordings. However, Obama has appeared in at least one hit song on the Billboard charts. Specifically, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘One Last Time (44 Remix)’, features the ex-President. It hit number 22 on the Hot R&B Songs chart in January 2019. 4. He’s lived in Oceania, too. Obama actually spent time in Indonesia during his youth, though would eventually move back to Honolulu to live with his grandparents. 5. He’s a man of many firsts. Obama was the first African American to be Pr...