By TIME Staff
He may be the President of the United States, but Barack Obama is also a dad. And, as he said on Monday, at the last White House Fourth of July party before he leaves office, “It’s a job of a father to embarrass his daughters.”
Flanked by rapper Kendrick Lamar and singer Janelle Monáe, who performed on the night, Obama proceeded to lead the crowd in a chorus of “Happy Birthday” to his eldest daughter Malia, who happens to be born on America’s Independence Day and turned 18 this year.
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