Lizzo is an American singer, rapper and actress and her star is rising quickly the last few years!
She is someone who you should keep an eye on. So let’s find out some trivia and facts about Lizzo!
- Her real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson
- She was born in April 27, 1988
- She is known professionally as Lizzo
- She is an American singer, rapper, and actress
- She was born in Detroit, Michigan
- She later moved to Houston, Texas
- There she began performing
- Then Minneapolis
- There she began her career as a recording artist
- Before signing with Atlantic Records, she released two studio albums
- They were Lizzobangers (2013) and Big Grrrl Small World (2015)
- In 2014, Time named her one of fourteen music artists to watch
- Her first major-label EP, Coconut Oil, was released in 2016
- In 2019, she attained mainstream success with the release of her third studio album
- The name of the album is Cuz I Love You
- It debuted at number six on the Billboard 200
- The album spawned two singles
- They were “Juice” and “Tempo”
- The deluxe version of the album included her 2017 single, “Truth Hurts”
- This song became a viral sleeper hit
- Reaching the top three of the Billboard Hot 100
- Aside from singing and rapping, Lizzo is also an actress
- Appearing in the movie Hustlers
- And as a voice over artist in UglyDolls
- She also plays the flute
- At the age of 10 her family relocated to Houston, Texas
- Lizzo started rapping as a teenager in a southwest part of Houston known as Alief
- At the age of 14 she formed a group called Cornrow Clique with her best friends
- She studied classical music focusing on flute at the University of Houston
- At 21, after the death of her father, she lived out of her car for a year as she tried to break into the music industry
- She moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2011
- When asked about her gender and sexuality, Lizzo revealed her lack of commitment to identities
- Explaining that she prefers not to use “labels”
