Barack & Michelle Obama Are Building a Recording Studio
In a move that wouldn't surprise some - given the pair's open love of music and it's power, the 44th president Barack Obama, and former first lady Michelle are adding a recording studio to their Obama presidential complex in Chicago.
According to CNN - the center will be built in Chicago's Jackson Park, and Obama estimated that the center itself will create 200-300 jobs, adding that studies show it will ultimately generate "1,400-1,500 (jobs) in the construction phase and another 2,000 in the overall economic development of the area."
"What we wanted was something that was alive and that was a hub for activity for the community and for the city and for the country"
According to Obama, the center will also include "a studio where I can invite Spike Lee or Stephen Spielberg to come and do workshops on how to make films around the stories that young activists are working on," and "a music recording studio where I can invite Chance (the Rapper) or Bruce Springsteen, depending on your taste, to come here and talk about how you can record music that has social commentary and meaning."