First Lady Michelle Obama has recorded a rap music video to publicize an initiative to help more kids attend college.
The two-minute video, released by CollegeHumor and titled “Go to College,” features Obama and “Saturday Night Live” star Jay Pharoah in a parody spot that touts the benefits of higher education.
Striding out of the White House in slow motion and sporting oversized sunglasses, the First Lady uses the catchy track to raise the star power of math majors and engineering students.
“If you wanna fly jets, you should go to college. Reach high and cash checks? Fill your head with knowledge,” Obama rhymes, as Pharoah, known for his impression of her husband President Obama, makes a stack of bills rain onto the floor of the White House.
The video was released in conjunction with Obama’s “Better Make Room” campaign, which targets students aged 14 to 19 and encourages them to go to college. That initiative is itself part of a larger White House effort to address slipping U.S. college graduation rates.
Michelle Obama, who grew up in a working-class family in the South Side of Chicago, often speaks to students about how she worked hard to get good grades and degrees from Princeton and Harvard.
“I want to honor and empower young people who are working hard in school and pursuing their dreams – and I want to do it in a fresh and fun way,” she said in a statement.
Obama and Pharoah had help on the video from viral video makers The Gregory Brothers, and it was produced by IAC/InterActive’s CollegeHumor, which makes viral comedy videos.
“I think the country will join me in saying, ‘Mrs. Obama, we think you should cut an album,'” said Sam Reich, CollegeHumor’s head of video, in a statement.
Source: nydailynews