Lizzo

Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actress. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she later moved to Houston, Texas, where she began performing, then Minneapolis, where she began her career as a recording artist. Before signing with Nice Life and Atlantic Records, she released two studio albums—Lizzobangers (2013), and Big Grrrl Small World (2015). In 2014, Time named her one of fourteen music artists to watch. Her first major-label EP, Coconut Oil, was released in 2016.

In 2019, she attained mainstream success with the release of her third studio album, Cuz I Love You, which peaked at number four on the Billboard 200. The album spawned two singles—"Juice" and "Tempo"—while the deluxe version of the album included her 2017 single "Truth Hurts", which became a viral sleeper hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 two years after its initial release.

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