Michelle Obama Adds Sampa The Great & E^ST On New Playlist Alongside Beyonce & More

Sampa The Great and E^ST has gained themselves a pretty impressive new fan - Michelle Obama. 

The former First Lady Of The United States has included the Melbourne and Sydney-based artists on her newly launched playlist. 

Vol 1: The Michelle Obama Playlist is in celebration of Obama's podcast, The Michelle Obama Podcast, which launched on Spotify last month. 

"It's filled with incredible new artists and a whole lot of #BlackGirlMagic. I hope you'll give it a listen," said Obama about the playlist via Twitter.

Sampa The Great's Freedom (from 2019's The Return) and E^ST's Friends (from 2018's Life Ain't Always Roses) are both featured alongside artists like Beyonce, Teyana Taylor & Erykah Badu, Jamila Woods, Kendrick Lamar, Little Simz and more.  

The Obama family certainly know how to put a playlist together too, with former President Barack Obama including Melbourne's Courtney Barnett on his lists multiple times. Read the story here.

Wow! What an honor
👑@MichelleObama 🙏🏾💞#Becoming #BlackGirlMagic #MichelleObamaPodcast https://t.co/GRHhWxmYc3

— Sampa The Great (@Sampa_The_Great) August 7, 2020

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