Barack Obama wants to clear the air!

The 61-year-old former president of the United States releases annual lists rounding up some of the best releases in literature, cinema, music and more.

However, there have been questions about if he is actually responsible for compiling the lists.

For instance, the 2022 list of top songs featured the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny. Is the former president really a fan?

He addressed the rumor that someone else compiles the options in a recent conversation.

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Speaking to Hasan Minhaj, Barack accepted responsibility for the behind-the-scenes work of compiling the selections.

“People believe the books and the movies, but the playlists, they somehow think… and this is somehow coming from young people like you. Somehow y’all think you invented rock and roll. You invented hip-hop,” he said.

He continued, adding, “And so the fact that my lists are, you know, pretty incredible, people seem to think, ‘Well he must have had some 20-year-old intern who was figuring out this latest cut.’ No man, it’s on my iPad right now.”

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