PERFORMER BRING POSITIVE MESSAGE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Elizabeth Elie, who goes by the stage name Lizzie G, is a positive rapper who performs messages of unity and inspires young people to follow their dreams. PHOTO PROVIDED BY LIZZIE G ENTERTAINMENT.
Elizabeth Elie, who goes by the stage name Lizzie G, is a positive rapper who performs messages of unity and inspires young people to follow their dreams. PHOTO PROVIDED BY LIZZIE G ENTERTAINMENT.

PERFORMER BRING POSITIVE MESSAGE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

BY TIA CAROL JONES

Elizabeth Elie, who goes by the stage name Lizzie G, spreads a message of positivity, anti-bullying and unity.
Lizzie G was always musically inclined. She taught herself how to play the drums and plays the piano. In her teenage years, she started to have a love of music producing. 

She would put her poetry with the beats she created and turned it into rap. She debuted Lizzie G during her senior year at Marie Curie High School.

The positive response from her peers was the encouragement she needed to continue. Lizzie G pursued
music more in college. In grad school, she learned how to market and brand herself. What started off as a hobby
became a business with Lizzie G Entertainment.

Lizzie G is of Haitian descent and is a Seventh Day Adventist. Her involvement in the choir at church and
having faith in God has inspired her. “I feel like He gave me a voice and that’s how I want to use it. I want to use my
voice to send a message,” she said.

Lizzie G has been influenced by Queen Latifah, MC Lyte and Missy Elliott. She described them as women who embodied Hip Hop and she wanted to be able to do what they did, with her own little twist, and go the positive route.

Lizzie G’s music has a message and doesn’t contain profanity. All of her lyrics are clean and are meant to encourage people. Her hope is that the people who listen to her music are motivated to reach their goals and strive for success. She also wants her music to be enjoyable for all ages.

While she is influenced by Drill rap, Lizzie G didn’t want
to go that route. She wanted to be and do something different. She believes because she has an education, she wants to educate others through her music. Lizzie G believes young people are the next generation and leaders of tomorrow. She performs her positive raps at schools. She has a song called “No Bully Zone.”

“With everything going on, with the social media boom, with us coming out of this pandemic, our youth really need positive reinforcement. Bullying is occurring a lot on social media, in our classrooms, and I want to be the voice to amplify the message of stop bullying, stop judging one another, stop talking bad to one another. Let’s embrace everybody’s differences, let’s unite,” she said.

Lizzie G uses her music and her performances at schools to encourage students to stay in school and pursue their dreams. She sees the challenges young people are facing and how those challenges are impacting them. She wants to energize them when she is performing. She wants it to be a time when they can be free and
have it reflect a peaceful environment.

School leaders have told Lizzie G that having her come in to perform has led to a more peaceful environment in the schools. The students are excited to have a performer come into school and pour into them for an hour. She is motivating the kids and inspiring them with her message.

Lizzie G hopes her presence in the schools results in
conflict resolution and a better environment for the students to learn. She has received messages and testimonials from parents about the impact she has had on the students. “It just keeps me inspired to want to reach more schools and reach more students. If we’re able to reach more schools, I feel like a lot of those burdens can be lifted,” she said.

For more information about Lizzie G, visit www.lizziegmusic. com and follow her on Instagram and Twitter at Lizzieeg30, and Lizzie G Music on Facebook.

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