The former First Lady gets real about her time in the White House during her interview with Gayle King at the Essence Festival.

“She resembled us and was moving in spaces where, as Black Americans, we weren’t exactly meant to be,” the pop icon wrote about Obama. 

See Janelle Monáe, Childish Gambino and other performers and victors rule the awards ceremony—even in their absence. 

Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams concluded their acclaimed WNYC Studios podcast by chatting with the former first lady about navigating the political sphere as a Black woman.  

“As I prepare to share ‘Becoming’ this fall, I hope you’ll also think about your own story, and trust that it will help you become whoever you aspire to be.”