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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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.
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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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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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First Avenue is one of my favorite places to play. All along, they've treated me with respect.
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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.
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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 don't look to celebrities for style anymore because I've learned the chain of command. They are being dressed by a stylist who's getting inspiration from a 16-year-old kid running the streets of Melbourne, Australia. Once I learned that chain of command, I just started taking it to the streets.
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I was raised on gospel. I remember hip-hop and rock music were secular, so basically, for my first ten years living in Detroit, I was on gospel. But when I moved to Houston, that's when I got to open up my musical horizons.