{"id":1665975,"date":"2022-09-30T07:37:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665975"},"modified":"2022-09-30T07:38:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:38:03","slug":"oppressed-rapper-lizzo-twerks-while-playing-james-madisons-200-year-old-flute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oppressed-rapper-lizzo-twerks-while-playing-james-madisons-200-year-old-flute\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOppressed\u201d Rapper Lizzo Twerks While Playing James Madison\u2019s 200-Year-Old Flute"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foppressed-rapper-lizzo-twerks-while-playing-james-madisons-200-year-old-flute%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665975&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Melissa Viviane Jefferson, better known as the rap artist Lizzo, played a 200-year-old crystal flute once owned by Founding Father James Madison during a concert in DC this Tuesday while wearing a skimpy bodysuit and \u201ctwerking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The media celebrated it as if it was a historical accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>Ever the gifted orator, Lizzo, who is a classically trained flutist, played a few notes and exclaimed, \u201cBitch, I just twerked and played James Madison\u2019s flute from the 1800s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carla Hayden, the librarian at the Library of Congress, tweeted last week that she hoped to see Lizzo play the flute, a gift given to Madison in 1813 by the French flute maker Claude Laurent in honor of his second inauguration.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/librarycongress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@librarycongress<\/a> has the largest flute collection in the world with more than 1,800. It incl Pres James Madison\u2019s 1813 crystal flute. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lizzo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lizzo<\/a> we would love for you to come see it and even play a couple when you are in DC next week. Like your song they are \u201cGood as hell.\u201d\ud83d\ude09 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2FkUFZfIYh\">pic.twitter.com\/2FkUFZfIYh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carla Hayden (@LibnOfCongress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LibnOfCongress\/status\/1573327405196115969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Library of Congress made it happen, using several Capitol Police officers to help escort the flute to the concert at Capitol One Arena in Washington on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re glad they had time to do so all while fighting off threats to democracy and insurrections.<\/p>\n<p>The music star, who is heralded as a \u201cbody positivity\u201d pioneer, was seen in video at the concert playing away while wearing an interesting stage outfit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NOBODY HAS EVER HEARD THIS FAMOUS CRYSTAL FLUTE BEFORE<\/p>\n<p>NOW YOU HAVE<\/p>\n<p>IM THE FIRST &#038; ONLY PERSON TO EVER PLAY THIS PRESIDENTIAL 200-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL FLUTE\u2014 THANK YOU <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/librarycongress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@librarycongress<\/a> \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VgXjpC49sO\">pic.twitter.com\/VgXjpC49sO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOLLOW @YITTY (@lizzo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lizzo\/status\/1575003731640274944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/defund-police-movement-sweeps-leftist-politicians-and-celebrities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Defund Police\u2019 Movement Sweeps Leftist Politicians And Celebrities<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Lizzo and James Madison\u2019s Flute<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking at a first-grade reading level, Lizzo continued to share just <a href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/22\/09\/28\/lizzo-played-james-madisons-flute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how <em>cool<\/em> it was<\/a> to play James Madison\u2019s crystal flute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to the Library of Congress for preserving our history and making history cool. History is freaking cool, you guys!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See Lizzo play the flute. Lizzo plays great. Go, Lizzo, go!<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the media swooned at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Sierra Fox, a reporter for Fox 5 in Washington, D.C., said the incident was \u201csuper amazing to witness.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cHISTORY IS FREAKIN\u2019 COOL\u201d \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lizzo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lizzo<\/a>! Of course \u2013 it\u2019s the nation\u2019s capital so <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretService?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecretService<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapitolPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CapitolPolice<\/a> joined her on stage. Why? Because she is the FIRST ever to play President James Madison\u2019s 1813 crystal flute courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/librarycongress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@librarycongress<\/a>. Super amazing to witness! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aQRSsVhrv0\">pic.twitter.com\/aQRSsVhrv0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sierra Fox (@thesierrafox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesierrafox\/status\/1574965436789104642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/09\/28\/arts\/music\/lizzo-james-madison-flute.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrated Lizzo<\/a> playing James Madison\u2019s flute as \u201ca symbolic moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s write-up was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/09\/28\/entertainment\/lizzo-plays-james-madison-crystal-flute-cec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">positively hilarious<\/a>: \u201cShe blew a few more fluttery notes on it, cautiously twerking as she played, as is her signature. After a few seconds, she held the flute high in the air, victorious, and carefully returned it to the staff waiting a few feet away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victorious. A symbolic moment.<\/p>\n<p>James Madison is a Founding Father, author of the Federalist Papers and the initial drafts of the Bill of Rights, resulting in his being referred to as the \u201cFather of the Constitution,\u201d and the fourth President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>He is regarded as one of the greatest statesmen ever to walk on this Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Lizzo\u2026 well, she twerks a lot in ill-fitting clothes and doesn\u2019t care what people think about it. So yea, truly historic and on par with other great moments in this nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Library of Congress really took out a 200-year old flute that belonged to James Madison just so Lizzo could twerk with it.<\/p>\n<p>They degrade our history and then call you racist if you actually value it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i5cHjl5RXX\">https:\/\/t.co\/i5cHjl5RXX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1575174265321635840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/msnbcs-joy-reid-compares-floridians-evacuating-hurricane-ian-to-illegal-immigrants-ironic-that-they-have-to-pour-over-the-borders-and-go-north\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSNBC\u2019s Joy Reid Compares Floridians Evacuating Hurricane Ian to Illegal Immigrants: \u2018Ironic That They Have to Pour Over the Borders and Go North\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>She Used to be \u2018Oppressed\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Just one month prior to playing James Madison\u2019s flute on stage, Lizzo accepted a \u201cVideo for Good\u201d award at MTV\u2019s \u201cVideo Music Awards\u201d and promptly declared that she is \u2018oppressed.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I don\u2019t know what music \u2018video for good\u2019 means, but I do know what your vote means,\u201d she told the crowd. \u201cAnd that\u2019s your vote means everything. To me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means everything to making a change in this country,\u201d expressed Lizzo. \u201cSo remember when you\u2019re voting for your favorite artists vote to change some of these laws that are oppressing us.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lizzo while accepting the Video for Good award at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VMAs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VMAs<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour vote means everything to me, it means everything to making a change in this country \u2026 When you\u2019re voting for your favorite artist, vote to change some of these laws that are oppressing us.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/19UpJv3rkD\">pic.twitter.com\/19UpJv3rkD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1564070880409489409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>From being an \u2018oppressed\u2019 celebrity to playing the crystal flute of a Founding Father.<\/p>\n<p>All while making millions by being unable to string together two full sentences using the English language and being heralded as a role model for wearing little more than a band-aid at all times and not giving a rip what she looks like.<\/p>\n<p>Man, what a country.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.<\/strong><br \/>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/political_blogs\/\">Feedspot\u2019s<\/a> \u201c100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Viviane Jefferson, better known as the rap artist Lizzo, played a 200-year-old crystal flute once owned by Founding Father James Madison during a concert in DC this Tuesday while<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1665977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1665975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1665975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1665977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}