President Biden handed out the prestigious National Medals of Arts and National Humanities honors to 39 recipients at the White House last night, including hip-hip legends Queen Latifah and Missy Elliott! “Above all, you are the masters of your craft that have made us a better America with all of you have done,” Biden said at the ceremony.
🙏🏾I am HUMBLY GRATEFUL! Crying Tears of JOY! Thinking of the days I wasn’t so strong but through FAITH & PRAYER I kept going..I’m SO THANKFUL🙏🏾@POTUS 🙏🏾& CONGRATULATIONS to the other amazing ppl who was blessed with this honor🙌🏾☺️ https://t.co/F86ksfZZsM
— Missy Elliott (@MissyElliott) October 22, 2024
And a BiG CONGRATS to my sis @IAMQUEENLATIFAH who deserve all the bouquets she also was honored today! Thank you for kicking down doors QUEEN for me & those after you🙏🏾🫶🏾 #NationalMedalsofArts @FLOTUS
The entire committee 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/HlyJgbIAtp— Missy Elliott (@MissyElliott) October 22, 2024
Filmmakers Steven Spielberg, and Spike Lee and actors Idina Menzel and Eva Longoria also received medals. Three of the medals were awarded posthumously: The late singer Selena Quintanilla and artist Ruth Asawa are arts medal winners and the late chef-author Anthony Bourdain was among the humanities medal winners.
Big congrats to all of the recipients!
