Lizzo

Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo (/ˈlɪzoʊ/), is an American rapper and singer. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Houston, Texas, with her family when she was ten years old. After college she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she began her recording career in hip hop music. Before signing with Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Records, Lizzo released two studio albums, Lizzobangers (2013) and Big Grrrl Small World (2015). Her first major-label EP, Coconut Oil, was released in 2016.

Lizzo in 2023

Quotes

• "And what I'm doing is stepping into my confidence and my power to create my own beauty standard. And one day that will just be the standard."
  • Lizzo on Blazing Her Own Path, Finding Her 'Power' and Shutting Down Body Shamers: 'I'm a Body Icon' by Jason Sheeler . March 2, 2022. Retrieved 9/11/2023.
• " I feel like women who are smaller aren't really given the opportunities to be body-positive or role models either because we've been conditioned to believe that women are using their bodies for the male gaze."
  • Lizzo On Feminism, Self-Love And Bringing 'Hallelujah Moments' To Stage by Terry Gross. May 23, 2019. Retrieved 9/11/2023.
• "You realize that people truly care about you and they’ll help you, and they don’t mind helping you."
• "I take self-love very seriously. And I take it seriously because when I was younger, I wanted to change everything about myself"
  • What the World Needs Now Is More Lizzo by Allison Takeda. September 5, 2019. Retrieved 9/11/2023.
• "I like to make music that you can use to motivate yourself, because I’m going to be singing that every single day on stage. I’m not trying to sing no curses in my life."
• "I think that’s part of the prejudice lens that most human beings are kind of taught to build. Very judgmental. Everyone’s really mean to themselves and to others"
• Lizzo is learning self-love, practicing hope, and making space to let everyone in by Rayne Fisher-Quann. Retrieved 9/11/2023.