Lizzoknows who she is — and she’s clapping back at her critics!
Whileappearing onThe Howard Stern Showearlier this week, the musician, 34, opened up to hostHoward Sternabout how it is “really hurtful” when critics will say that her music is made for White people.
“[It’s] very hurtful, only because I am a Black woman, and I feel like it really challenges my identity and who I am, and diminishes that — which I think is really hurtful,” Lizzo said, after Stern, 68, mentioned that the star talks about the critiques in her HBO Max documentaryLove, Lizzo.
“And then, on the other end, it’s like, I’m making funky, soulful, feel-good music that is so similar to a lot of Black music, that was made for Black people in the ’70s and ’80s,” she continued. “And on top of that, my message is literally for everybody, in any body. I don’t try to gatekeep my message from people.”
Added Lizzo: “I feel like a lot of people, truthfully, don’t get me, which is why I wanted to do this documentary. Because I was like, ‘I feel like y’all don’t understand me, y’all don’t know where I came from,’ and now I don’t want to answer no more questions about this s—. I want to show the world who I am.”
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The “About Damn Time” singer echoed similar sentiments while chatting withEntertainment Weeklylast month, where she told the outlet that thegenre of pop music is “racist inherently.”
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Lizzo then said that there currently is a “well-oiled pop machine, but remember that it has a racist origin.”
source: people.com
