Lizzo
Lizzo
Melissa Jefferson, better known by her stage name Lizzo, is an American alternative hip hop artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a founding member of indie hip hop groups The Chalice, Grrrl Prty, The Clerb, and Absynthe. Her debut album, Lizzobangers, was released in 2013...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth27 April 1988
CountryUnited States of America
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I'm not a girl who started getting into music and using my femininity to get attention. When I was getting into it, it was all pure skill.
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I'm glad I'm a woman; I'm glad I'm a rapper because I get to speak to these people who did not get spoken for in this genre.
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I spent a lot of time star-gazing, writing, and learning languages when the other kids were doing cooler things in Detroit.
I like that I'm not typical. I like that I'm called 'no-genre hip-hop.'
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I knew a lot of girls who just wanted to be famous, and if that's your goal, that's awesome; that just wasn't enough for me.
I enjoy female rappers, not because they're female but because I can connect to them more.
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I don't really shop a lot. I order things online. When I travel, I'll get some pieces along the way.
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From a young age, I saw and placed importance on spirituality within religion.
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First Avenue is one of my favorite places to play. All along, they've treated me with respect.
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Everyone looks to an artist for something more than just the music, and that message of being comfortable in my own skin is number one for me.
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Seeing people catch a feeling in their spirit and sprint the aisles of the church while my cousins played driving, uplifting gospel stuck with me. I let that same feeling wash over me when I experience and perform music.
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When we're on stage doing a song about positive body image or another about female empowerment, everyone out there is super into it and right there with us. It's been awesome. I feel like we fit right in.
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My formative years were in Houston. I was in middle school, and everyone was dropping the last half of their names and adding an 'o' to the end. My little crew that I had, we were an all-female rap group, and everyone had an 'o' at the end of their name. I was Lisso. Then this dude started getting lazy with it, saying Lizzo.
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There's a lot of influences that I have from Detroit that are subliminal. I mean, I spent the first 10 years of my life there. My mom and dad were born and raised there, so a lot of that rubbed off on me. When I get angry, sometimes a Detroit accent comes out.