Coconut Oil, Lizzo’s first major-label EP, came out October 2016. That experience partly inspired her forthcoming second album Big Grrrl Small World, and was the subject of her song “My Skin.”īig Grrrl Small World came out December 11, 2015, and was named one of the 50 best hip-hop albums of the year by Spin magazine. She took part in StyleLikeU’s “What’s Underneath” project in 2014, taking off articles of clothing and discussing body image. Lizzo made quick work in taking over Minneapolis, but a more global audience was awaiting her. Her debut album was re-released by Virgin Records, and Lizzo rounded the year off by performing with St. In 2013, just two years after moving to Minneapolis, Lizzo toured the UK and the US opening for Har Mar Superstar and was selected for the “Picked to Click” award for Best New Artist in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Called Lizzobangers, this album received immediate critical acclaim and was heralded for its “joyfully nonsensical” “stream-of-consciousness rhymes.” However, it was her debut hip-hop album that showcased her unique style. In 2011, Lizzo moved to the Twin Cities and formed several groups including the electro-soul band Lizzo & the Larva Ink, which became popular in the Minneapolis area. At age 21, her father died, and she began earnest attempts to break into the music industry, dropping out of college and living out of her car for a year.

Her talent for the flute took her to the University of Houston to study classical music. She relocated to Houston, Texas, at age 10, and graduated high school with eight years of classical flute training and nearly as many years of rapping under her belt. Lizzo - real name Melissa Viviane Jefferson-was born in Detroit, Michigan.

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