{"id":201722,"date":"2019-02-11T03:11:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T08:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=201722"},"modified":"2019-02-11T03:11:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T08:11:39","slug":"michelle-obama-gets-raucous-applause-at-grammy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/11\/michelle-obama-gets-raucous-applause-at-grammy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama gets raucous applause at Grammy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_201723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201723\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50596844_2226090594310983_6084956809139905615_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201723\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50596844_2226090594310983_6084956809139905615_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50596844_2226090594310983_6084956809139905615_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50596844_2226090594310983_6084956809139905615_n-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50596844_2226090594310983_6084956809139905615_n-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50596844_2226090594310983_6084956809139905615_n-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The former first lady appeared onstage with Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Jada Pinkett Smith and Keys to say how music has impacted their lives. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BtuTi6bBBx4\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/michelleobama\/?hl=en\">@michelleobama\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance to help open the Grammy Awards with host Alicia Keys.<\/p>\n<p>The former first lady appeared onstage with Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Jada Pinkett Smith and Keys to say how music has impacted their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Obama&#8217;s initial comments were interrupted by raucous applause and many in the Staples Center crowd stood. She smiled and eventually re-started her comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the Motown records I wore out on the South Side to the Who Run the World songs that fueled me through this last decade, music has always helped me tell my story, and I know that&#8217;s true for everybody here,\u201d Obama said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether we like country or rap or rock, music helps us share ourselves, our dignity and sorrows, our hopes and joys. It allows us to hear one another, to invite each other in. Music shows us that all of it matters \u2014 every story within every voice, every note within every song, is that right ladies?\u201d Obama said.<\/p>\n<p>Keys paused to absorb the moment and referenced the Beyonce song in asking, \u201cWho run the world?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obama, who grew up on the South Side of Chicago, has been on a tour to promote her memoir \u201cBecoming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance to help open the Grammy Awards with host Alicia Keys. 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