{"id":354,"date":"2007-06-08T14:13:45","date_gmt":"2007-06-08T22:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/06\/08\/50-cent-the-symphony\/"},"modified":"2007-06-08T14:15:50","modified_gmt":"2007-06-08T22:15:50","slug":"50-cent-the-symphony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/06\/08\/50-cent-the-symphony\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Cent &#038; the Symphony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A great commercial for a beverage that I think is a great promotion for the symphony orchestra.  It features the rapper 50 Cent and the &#8220;National Symphony&#8221;.  I got a kick out of this one &#8211; especially the fact that a &#8220;rapper violist&#8221; is brought in to replace the orchestra&#8217;s principal violist.  Violas represent!<!--more--><\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/roUrD9D7PV8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great commercial for a beverage that I think is a great promotion for the symphony orchestra. It features the rapper 50 Cent and the &#8220;National Symphony&#8221;. I got a kick out of this one &#8211; especially the fact that a &#8220;rapper violist&#8221; is brought in to replace the orchestra&#8217;s principal violist. 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