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Lizzo
Lizzo performing at Boston Calling, May 2016
Background information
Birth nameMelissa Viviane Jefferson[1]
Born (1988-04-27) April 27, 1988 (age 36)[2]
Houston, Texas, U.S.
OriginMinneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • flute
Years active2010–present
Labels
Websitelizzomusic.com

Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo, is an American rapper, singer, actor, flautist, and songwriter. She is a founding member of indie hip hop groups The Chalice, Grrrl Prty, The Clerb,[3] Ellypseas,[4] and Absynthe.[5] Her debut album, Lizzobangers, was released in 2013.[6] She released her second album, Big Grrrl Small World, in 2015.

After the release of Big Grrrl Small World, she worked with Ricky Reed, who helped her to improve her voice and later signed her to Atlantic Records.[7] Soon afterward, she released the 2016 major-label EP Coconut Oil. On April 19, 2019, she released Cuz I Love You, her third studio album.[8]

Life and career

Lizzo grew up in Houston, Texas, and moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2011. She began her career in rapping while living in Texas.[9] Lizzo started rapping as a teenager in the Southwest Alief part of Houston, Texas, which is known as “the SWAT". Aged 14, she formed a group called Cornrow Clique with her best friends.[10] In Minneapolis, she performed with indie groups including the electro soul-pop duo, Lizzo & the Larva Ink.[11] During this time she helped form three-piece all-female rap/R&B group, The Chalice. In 2012, The Chalice released their first album, We Are the Chalice, which was locally successful.[12]

Lizzobangers, Lizzo's debut album produced by Lazerbeak and Ryan Olson,[13] was released on October 15, 2013 to regional and national success.[14] The album focuses on hip-hop.[15] Lizzo toured the US and UK in the fall of 2013 opening for Har Mar Superstar, and additionally sang with his band.[16][17] In October 2013, Lizzo won City Pages' "Picked to Click" award for best new Twin Cities artist.[18] The following month Time named her one of 14 music artists to watch in 2014.[19]

On June 1, 2014, Lizzo shared the stage with St. Paul and The Broken Bones, performing "A Change Is Gonna Come" together.[20] On October 7, 2014, Lizzo appeared as the musical guest on the Late Show with David Letterman.[21]

In September 2014, Lizzo was featured alongside her Chalice bandmates Sophia Eris and Claire de Lune on the song "BoyTrouble" on Prince and 3rdEyeGirl's album Plectrumelectrum.[22] On working with Prince, Lizzo says the experience was "surreal... almost like a fairytale" and that it was "something I will never actually get over".[23]

Big Grrrl Small World was released on December 11, 2015.[24] Lizzo's first major-label EP, Coconut Oil, was released on October 7, 2016.[25]

Lizzo appeared as a guest judge on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.[26]

In 2018, Lizzo toured both with Haim and Florence and the Machine[27] and is beginning her own personal tour for Cuz I Love You in 2019.

After struggling with body issues at an early age, Lizzo became an advocate for body positivity and self-love,[28] while creating diversity the focus of her music, in regards to one's body (in "Fitness" and "Juice"), sexuality ("Boys"), race ("My Skin") and more.[29] Her group of back-up dancers, the Big Grrrls, consists of all plus-size dancers.[30] Highlighting body inclusivity and celebrating individuality, Lizzo appeared in ModCloth's "Say It Louder" campaign. It launched on June 11, 2018.[31][32] In the same month, she sported the first plus-size outfit made for FIT's Future of Fashion runway show by Grace Insogna at an LGBTQ event at Pride Island.[33]

Lizzo was profiled in the June 2018 Teen Vogue Music Issue.[34] Her single "Juice" was released on January 4, 2019, by Atlantic Records.[35] On February 14, 2019, she released the title track off her third studio album Cuz I Love You, which was fully released on April 19, 2019.[36]

Lizzo recently appeared on an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live in which she performed her song ‘Juice.’ Since then she has been applauded on social media for bringing black girl aesthetic to the stage being that she was still getting her hair braided during her performance.

Discography

Main article: Lizzo discography

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2019 UglyDolls Lydia Voice role
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio Herself 4 episodes
2016 Wonderland Host 10 episodes
2018 Yeti! Yeti! Magic Mushroom
Guest appearances
Year Title Artist Notes
2014 Made in Chelsea: NYC Herself Season 1, episode 4
2014 Late Show with David Letterman Season 22, episode 29
2015 Access Hollywood
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Season 1, episode 56
2016 The Real 1 episode
2016 Party Legends "Make Mistakes"
2016 Full Frontal with Samantha Bee "Post-Election"
2017, 2018 Trivial Takedown 2 episodes
2018 Articulate with Jim Cotter "Caroline Shaw, Lizzo, Robert Janz"
2018 Hannibal Buress: Handsome Rambler "The Lizzo Episode"
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10, episode 10
2019 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 1 episode
2019 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 1 episode
2019 2 Dope Queens 1 episode; podcast
2019 C à vous 1 episode
2019 Neo Magazin Royale 1 episode
2019 The Jonathan Ross Show 1 episode

Concert tours

Headlining

  • Good as Hell Tour (2017)[37]
  • Cuz I Love You Tour (2019)[38]

Supporting

References

  1. ^ RiemenSchneider, Chris (September 29, 2012). "Raising the Chalice". Star Tribune. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Fischer, Reed (December 27, 2013). "Lizzo: All I knew was mainstream and 'hood". City Pages.
  3. ^ Tse, Josephine (June 19, 2014). "We Saw LIZZO Perform on a Streetcar". Noisey. Vice. Archived from the original on July 23, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Reilly, Dan (March 2, 2015). "Meet Lizzo, the Body-Positive Rapper Opening for Sleater-Kinney". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  5. ^ Swensson, Andrea (February 8, 2013). "Friday Five: New Absynthe, Retribution Gospel Choir, Bomba de Luz". 89.3 The Current.
  6. ^ Howard, Matt (September 12, 2013). "Meet Lizzo, Your New Favorite Hip-Hop Queen". Baeblemusic. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  7. ^ Feeny, Nolan. "Lizzo's 'Coconut Oil' EP: Inside Her Feel-Good Revolution". ew.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Tickets Now". ticketsnow.com. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  9. ^ Garcia, Sandra E.; Lombard, Amy (2018-09-18). "Lizzo Wants to Build You Up". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  10. ^ Garcia, Sandra E.; Lombard, Amy (2018-09-18). "Lizzo Wants to Build You Up". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  11. ^ Rietmulder, Michael (October 9, 2013). "Lizzo: Like a boss". Vita.mn. Star Tribune.
  12. ^ Fischer, Reed (September 26, 2012). "The Chalice take hold of hip hop - Page 1 - Music - Minneapolis". City Pages. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  13. ^ Lester, Paul (October 4, 2013). "Lizzo (New band of the day No 1,611)". The Guardian.
  14. ^ Keller, Josh (October 15, 2013). "Lizzo: Lizzobangers Review". Reviler. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  15. ^ "Our five faves of the moment: 'Lizzobangers,' 'Maple and Vine,' more". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  16. ^ Thompson, Ryan Kron (September 10, 2013). "Lizzo, "Batches & Cookies feat. Sophia Eris"". Impose.
  17. ^ Noblet, John (November 18, 2013). "Review: Har Mar Superstar @ Hare & Hounds, Thurs 14th Nov". Birmingham Review.
  18. ^ Fischer, Reed (October 16, 2013). "Picked to Click 2013 - Page 1 - Music - Minneapolis". City Pages. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  19. ^ Locker, Melissa (November 13, 2013). "14 Musical Acts To Watch in 2014". Time. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  20. ^ Bream, Jon (June 2, 2014). "Soul singer St. Paul owns Minneapolis in his Minnesota debut". Star Tribune.
  21. ^ Riemenschneider, Chris (October 6, 2014). "Lizzo to bang one out on Letterman's show Tuesday". Star Tribune. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  22. ^ Gabler, Jay. "Lizzo, Sophia Eris, and Claire de Lune featured on Prince and 3RDEYEGIRL album". Local Current Blog | The Current from Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  23. ^ Fuse, Lizzo Calls Working With Prince "A Fairytale", retrieved 2019-01-20
  24. ^ Weiss, Dan. "Review: Lizzo Is Primed for WRRRLD Domination on 'Big GRRRL Small World'". Spin. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  25. ^ Spanos, Brittany (October 7, 2016). "Lizzo Talks 'Self Care'–Themed Major-Label Debut, New MTV Show". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  26. ^ http://www.newnownext.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-10-judges-trailer/03/2018/
  27. ^ Garcia, Sandra E.; Lombard, Amy (2018-09-18). "Lizzo Wants to Build You Up". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  28. ^ Garcia, Sandra E.; Lombard, Amy (2018-09-18). "Lizzo Wants to Build You Up". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  29. ^ Garcia, Sandra E.; Lombard, Amy (2018-09-18). "Lizzo Wants to Build You Up". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  30. ^ "Meet the Rising Musician Who's Starting a Body-Confidence Revolution". Vogue. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  31. ^ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/modcloth-says-it-louder-300664084.html
  32. ^ "Under Walmart's watch, ModCloth debuts digital campaign". adage.com. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  33. ^ Alexandra Mann (2018-06-28). "Lizzo Performs at Pride Island in FIT Graduate's Design". FIT Newsroom. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  34. ^ Picardi, Phillip (June 15, 2018). "Why Lizzo Is the Sex-Positive, Twerking, Gospel-Singing Artist the World Needs". Teen Vogue. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  35. ^ "Lizzo shares bouncy new single 'Juice' with retro video: Watch". Consequence of Sound. 2019-01-04. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  36. ^ Monroe, Jazz (January 28, 2019). "Lizzo Announces New Album and Tour". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  37. ^ Espy, Jasmine (May 2017). "Lizzo wants to make Detroit feel 'Good As Hell'". BLAC Detroit. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  38. ^ Monroe, Jazz (January 2019). "Lizzo Announces New Album and Tour". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  39. ^ Blistein, Jon (January 2018). "Haim Detail Headlining 'Sister Sister Sister' Tour". Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  40. ^ Kaye, Ben. "Florence and The Machine Announce North American Headlining Tour". consequenceofsound.net. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  41. ^ "Lineup". Lollapalooza. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  42. ^ Stidhum, Tonja Renée. "Childish Gambino, Pusha T, Solange and More to Descend Upon the Desert at Coachella 2019". The Grapevine. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
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