My formative years were in Houston. I was in middle school, and everyone was dropping the last half of their names and adding an 'o' to the end. My little crew that I had, we were an all-female rap group, and everyone had an 'o' at the end of their name. I was Lisso. Then this dude started getting lazy with it, saying Lizzo.
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There's a lot of influences that I have from Detroit that are subliminal. I mean, I spent the firstLizzo:
Minneapolis just embraced me. There are a lot of weirdos here. It's awesome, because I'm a weirdo.Lizzo:
I was raised on gospel. I remember hip-hop and rock music were secular, so basically, for my firstLizzo:
When I was born, my father named me Melissa, and I am still Melissa, but I got the nickname Lizzo aLizzo:
When I first saw Destiny's Child, I was in the fifth grade, and it made me want to sing and make muLizzo:
Every time I rap about being a big girl in a small world, it's doing a couple things: it's empoweriLizzo:
When I was 19, I joined a rock band, and that's when I began to say, 'Okay, this is something thatLizzo:
First Avenue is one of my favorite places to play. All along, they've treated me with respect.Lizzo:
When we're on stage doing a song about positive body image or another about female empowerment, eveLizzo:
From a young age, I saw and placed importance on spirituality within religion.