Biography
At the beginning, Lizzo career had to spend the night in the car to make their way into the musical industry. Hardworking and faith helped her to win the love of followers and become a rap star.Childhood and youth
Lizzo was born on April 27, 1988 in Detroit, USA. Her present name - Melissa Vivian Jefferson. The future star grew along with the sister Vanessa and Brother T-shirts. Girl's parents were religious, so she visited the service and sang in church choir, which was reflected on its attitude to music. Also Melissa studied to play flute.
After moving to Houston, the girl began to get involved in rap. Together with school friends, the Cornrow Clique group was formed, in which he consisted in college. During this period, she received a nickname Lyszo - the Lissa version, inspired by Izzo Jay-Z.
Lizzo studied classical music with an emphasis on flute at the University of Houston, but threw her studies before the release. In 2009, a tragic event occurred in the family of the girl - her father Michael Jefferson, who was 55 years old. The singer considers this day the worst in his biography.
Music
To break through into the musical industry, Lizzo lived alone in a foreign city. She later moved to Minneapolis, where he founded the female group The Chalice. The girls released a joint album WE ARE THE CHALICE, which was successful only among the locals of the city. Melissa managed to attract the attention of the producer of Ryan Olson and record the solo plate Lizzobangers. The release was warmly met by fans in the United States and the UK.To secure success, Repper went on tour with Har Mar Superstar. Shortly after returning began to work on the second album. When writing, songs focused on their own experience and experience. Lizzo created the song My Skin after undressed for the StyleLikeu project and spoke about its attitude to the body. The girl noted that a person can change everything except skin.
Plate Big Grrrl Small World came out in 2015. She took the 17th position in the top 50 best hip-hop albums by Spin. The performer was not going to stop at the achieved and released a mini collection of Coconut Oil. Single Good As Hell was used as a soundtrack for the film "Hairdressers-3". In support of the release, the girl held a concert tour. She later joined HAIM, and then to Florence and The Machine.
At the end of 2018, Lizzo released the single BOYS, which was to become part of the new album. Then followed the JUICE composition, accompanied by the video output. It is removed in the style of commercials of the 80s. Critics noted that the video was so funny as the track.
The third single TEMPO was recorded in collaboration with Missy Elliott. Already a month after its release, the star discography replenished the Cuz I Love You plate, which became available in April 2019. It reached the 5th line in the Billboard 200 rankings.
Personal life
The celebrity does not like to talk about personal life, preferring to pay attention to creativity. It supports the LGBT community and calls Lizzbians fans.
The singer refers to supporters of the bodiposive. Her Big Grrrls team consists of dancers with lush forms. So the girl tries to emphasize the diversity of female beauty.
Lizzo now
In 2019, the girl played Liz in the criminal comedy "strippers" with Jennifer Lopez and Lily Reynhart starring.The Truth Hurts song was used in the movie "Someone Great" from Netflix. It made the track hit 2 years after the release. He reached the 1st place in the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the video in which Repers appeared in the image of the bride, scored millions of views on YouTube.
Now the star continues to create music. She actively leads a page in "Instagram", where it is divided with fans of news and photo.
Discography
- 2013 - Lizzobangers.
- 2015 - Big Grrrl Small World
- 2019 - Cuz I Love You