Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I riro i te putanga pukapuka whakarongo a Obama te Tohu Grammy mo te Album Kupu Pai rawa atu i te tau 2006. E rima rā i mua
I tana tautohe hei Perehitini i te tau 2009, i whakawhiwhia e Obama he $500,000 ki mua mō tētahi putanga poto o "Dreams from My Father" mō ngā tamariki kura tuarua.