Lizzo Music

Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born: ), better known professionally as Lizzo, is an American singer-songwriter and rapper. She is known for her singles "Good As Hell" (2016), sleeper hit "Truth Hurts" (2017), and "About Damn Time" (2022). She created her YouTube channel on December 17, 2011, which she currently has uploaded one short and one livestream to.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JX_z7RDUWmE?si=VUZclbkb-yrP-PV5https://www.youtube.com/live/uLkGApNtObU?si=uV2MgvDEUiJMQuXj
==Personal Life==
Jefferson was born on April 27, 1988, in Detroit, Michigan. When she was 10 years old, her family moved to Houston, Texas. She attended Alief Elsik High School, and was trained to be a flutist by a music teacher until she graduated in 2006. During high school, Jefferson began to rap and formed a group with her friends when she was 14. At that same time, she came up with her nickname "Lizzo" after being inspired by the name of one of JAY-Z's songs. 
Jefferson continued to study classical flute music when she entered the University of Houston. In 2011, her father died. Jefferson moved from Houston, Texas, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and performed with former music groups as she broke out to the music industry. 
==Career==
Jefferson released her debut album Lizzobangers on October 15, 2013. After struggling with body issues at a young age, she has become an advocate for body positivity and self-love after becoming more recognizable and receiving more mainstream attention. 
In 2015, Jefferson published her second album Big Grrrl Small World, and her first major extended-play (EP) album Coconut Oil, and its lead single "Good as Hell" (2016). Other of Lizzo's most successful songs are from her third album Cuz I Love You, which include its lead single "Juice" and her 2017 single "Truth Hurts", the latter which has become her first number-one hit to chart on the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 after it began trending on TikTok.https://ew.com/music/2019/07/17/lizzo-truth-hurts-becomes-hit/ "Truth Hurts" and "Good As Hell" were rereleased in 2019, the latter which also has a remix featuring Ariana Grande.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5xa-XAvErw?si=SblwiGLHln80_mi-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIBwOmCKhE4?si=e1EraZgybsxurDBY
Jefferson's fourth album Special was released on July 15, 2022, containing some of her popular songs "About Damn Time" (2022), "Grrrls" (2022), "2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)" (2022), and the title track "Special" (2023). She has also written and sang "Pink" (2023) for Barbie: The Album for the 2023 film Barbie.
==Controversies==
===Usage of offensive term===
After the release of Jefferson's Special track "Grrrls" (2022), listeners noted the lyrics containing the word "spaz", which is considered a derogatory slur targeted at disabilities and the community of people who suffer from them.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VciBhm_tMsg?feature=share Jefferson received backlash for the lyrics and responded to the controversy, stating that she has "had many hurtful words" used against her due to her appearance, overstanding the unintentional harm that she caused.https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/lizzo-disabled-slur-grrrls-b2200329.htmlhttps://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a40283306/lizzo-ableist-slur/
Jefferson later replaced "spaz" with the phrase "knock me down" after advocates for disability asked her to remove the offensive term.https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/14/lizzo-removes-harmful-ableist-slur-from-new-song-grrrls-after-criticism
===Sexual misconduct allegations===
On August 1, 2023, three former backup dancers for Jefferson filed a lawsuit against her, accusing her of creating a hostile work environment, including sexual harassment, assault, racial and disability discrimination, and weight-shaming.https://news.yahoo.com/lizzo-releases-statement-response-lawsuit-195641136.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/01/lizzo-lawsuit-sexual-harassment-weight-shaming-former-dancers The lawsuit stated that Jefferson had pressured a dancer to touch a nude performer while they were at a club at Amsterdam, as well as catching dildos and eating bananas from performers' vaginas. 
Jefferson responded to the accusations on August 3 through a tweet, stating the following: "I am not here to be looked as a victim, but I also know that I am not the villain that people and the media have been portraying me as in the last few days".https://twitter.com/lizzo/status/1687061460550316032/photo/1 As of now, there have been no updates to the controversy.
==Album chronology==
===Studio albums===
#Lizzobangers (released on October 15, 2013, through Totally Gross National Product and Virgin Records)
#Big Grrrl Small World (released on December 11, 2015, through BGSW)
#Cuz I Love You (released on April 19, 2019, through Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Records)
#Special (released on July 15, 2022, through Nice Life and Atlantic)
===Mixtapes===
#Due Process & Product (released independently with Johnny Lewis in 2012)
#We Are The Chalice (released independently with Sophia Eris and Claire de Lune in 2012)
===Extended plays===
#Grrrl Prty X Bionik (released in 2015 through BGSW)
#Coconut Oil (released on October 7, 2016, through Nice Life and Atlantic)
#You're Special, Love Lizzo (released on November 25, 2022, through Warner Records and X5 Music Group)
==Concert tour chronology==
===Headlining===
#Good as Hell Tour (2017)
#Cuz I Love You Tour (2019)
#Cuz I Love You Too Tour (2019-2020)
#The Special Tour (2022-2023) 
===Supporting===
*Haim's Sister Sister Sister Tour (2018)
*Florence and the Machine's High as Hope Tour (2018-2019)
==Trivia==
*Jefferson reacted to a clip of a South Park episode in which it poked fun at her obesity and her 2022 studio album Special, stating "it was her biggest fear."https://x.com/FearedBuck/status/1794587002236805232
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