The Shortlist for Oct. 22

Barack Obama Gives Jay-Z Parenting Advice

As the father of two daughters, the president has a little more experience when it comes to fatherhood than new dad, Jay-Z, who welcomed his first daughter with Beyonce in January. So when Jay and the prez get together, it only makes sense that Obama shares some of his wisdom with his hip-hop mogul buddy. "We talk about the same things I talk about with all my friends. We talk about the kids," Obama recently said on Cleveland radio station Z107.9. "I made sure that Jay-Z was helping Beyonce out [with the baby] and not leaving it all to mom and the mother-in-law." Meanwhile, he says, "Beyonce could not be sweeter to Michelle and the girls," adding that, "The girls are big Beyonce fans." (HipHopCleveland)