R&B artist Usher visited the White House over the weekend and for a change was on the receiving end of a song, as President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama sang “Happy Birthday” to him. He was also presented with a birthday cake bearing a single candle.
Usher was in D.C. with other artists like Queen Latifah and Smokey Robinson for a taping of PBS’ “In Performance at the White House,” which filmed in the White House’s East Room.
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Politics seems to be increasingly on the minds of America’s entertainers. On Friday, actress Lindsay Lohan used Instagram to announce her intentions of running for president in 2020:
She reiterated the point in another Instagram post on Friday morning, this time using a picture of Kanye West, who also recently said he plans on running for president in the next election cycle:
Lohan finished off her presidential posting spree with a Saturday morning split photo of her and Mahatma Ghandi that included a #2020, presumably for emphasis:
