‘I am making music for that girl who looks like me’
Lizzo has claimed she’s “not making music for white people” after achieving huge chart success.
The Grammy-winning artist, 34, shot to fame when her singles Cuz I Luv You and Good As Hell became global smash hits, and is now undoubtedly one of the biggest names in pop music at the moment.
She has since gone on to produce a number of hit singles and albums, with her recent song ‘About Damn Time’ reaching number one in the US and number three here in the UK.
But recently, some have criticised the singer for not “making music from a black perspective,” something she refuted.
She told Vanity Fair: “The thing is, when a black artist reaches a certain level of popularity, it’s going to be a predominantly white crowd.
“I am not making music for white people.
“I am a Black woman, I am making music from my Black experience, for me to heal myself [from] the experience we call life.”
During the interview, Lizzo explained that her music ultimately serves as an ode to Black women like herself.
She added: “We need self-love and self-love anthems more than anybody.
“So, am I making music for that girl right there who looks like me, who grew up in a city where she was underappreciated and picked on and made to feel un-beautiful? Yes.
“It blows my mind when people say I’m not making music from a black perspective — how could I not do that as a Black artist?”
Lizzo released her fourth studio album Special earlier this year, which reached number two in the US and number 6 in the UK Official Album Chart.
In the last few days, Kanye West has taken aim at her in a controversial interview with Fox News in which he said that obesity was being glorified in the US.
The rapper namechecked Lizzo in the interview, saying that bots criticise her on social media for losing weight because the “media wants to put out a perception that being overweight is the new goal.”
Responding to this whilst on stage in Canada, Lizzo said: “I feel like everybody in America got my motherf***ing name in their motherf***ing mouth for no motherf***ing reason.
“I’m minding my fat Black beautiful business.”
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