Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I riro i te putanga pukapuka whakarongo a Obama te Tohu Grammy mo te Album Kupu Korero Pai rawa atu i te 2006. E rima rā i mua i tana whakawātea hei Perehitini
I te tau 2009, i whiwhi a Obama i te $500,000 i mua mo tētahi putanga poto o "Dreams from My Father" mō ngā tamariki kura tuarua.