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At the age of 21, after the death of her father, she lived out of her car for a year as she tried to break into the music industry. After graduating from Alief Elsik High School in 2006, she studied classical music focusing on flute at the University of Houston. At this time she acquired the nickname "Lizzo", a variant of "Lissa" inspired by Jay-Z's " Izzo (H.O.V.A.)". At the age of 14, she formed a musical group called Cornrow Clique with her friends. She was classically trained as a flutist by renowned music teacher Claudia Momen from the age of 10 until she graduated Alief Elsik High School in Alief, Houston, where she also started rapping. When she was ten, her family relocated to Houston, Texas. Melissa Viviane Jefferson was born in Detroit, Michigan. 2.4 2019–2020: Career breakthrough and Cuz I Love You.

2.1 2011–2015: Career beginnings and Lizzobangers.

In addition to her three Grammy Awards, she has also won a Billboard Music Award, a BET Award, and two Soul Train Music Awards. In 2019, Time named Lizzo as "Entertainer of the Year" for her meteoric rise and contribution to music. She eventually won the awards for Best Urban Contemporary Album, Best Pop Solo Performance for "Truth Hurts", and Best Traditional R&B Performance for the song " Jerome".Īside from singing and rapping, Lizzo has also worked as an actor: she served as a voice performer in the animated film UglyDolls (2019) and appeared in the crime comedy-drama film Hustlers (2019). Lizzo received eight nominations at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, the most for any artist that year, including Album of the Year for the deluxe version of Cuz I Love You, Song of the Year and Record of the Year for "Truth Hurts", as well as Best New Artist. Around this time, her 2016 single " Good as Hell" also climbed the charts, reaching the top three on the Hot 100 and top ten of the UK Singles Chart. The deluxe version of the album included Lizzo's 2017 single " Truth Hurts", which became a viral sleeper hit, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 two years after its initial release, also marking the longest-leading solo song by a female rapper. The album spawned the singles " Juice" and " Tempo".

Lizzo attained mainstream success with the release of her third studio album, Cuz I Love You (2019), which peaked inside the top five of the US Billboard 200. Lizzo's first major-label EP, Coconut Oil, was released in 2016. Prior to signing with Nice Life and Atlantic Records, Lizzo released two studio albums- Lizzobangers (2013) and Big Grrrl Small World (2015). Born in Detroit, Michigan, she later moved to Houston, Texas, where she began performing before moving to Minneapolis, where she began her recording career in hip hop music. Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter and flutist.