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movers,shakers,
&
historymakers
LIZZO award-winning musician
LIZZO, AWARD-WINNING MUSICIAN
by karen latchana kenney
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contents
CONTENTS
chapter one here comes lizzo .................................................. 4
chapter two finding her sound ............................................... 12
chapter three indie groups to shinin’ solo ........................ 20
chapter four freestyle flow .................................................... 28
chapter five “you know you a star” .................................. 36
timeline ............................................................................................................... 44
glossary .............................................................................................................. 46
find out more .................................................................................................... 47
index ...................................................................................................................... 48
Words in bold are in the glossary.
chapter one here comes lizzo
CHAPTER ONE HERE COMES LIZZO
In the summer of 2019, Lizzo looked out into a massive crowd. She was ready to perform at Glastonbury Festival. “I love you. You are beautiful. And you can do anything,” she told her audience. The crowd repeated the mantra.
Everyone needs to hear that kind of love. Lizzo – singer, songwriter, rapper and flautist – knows it. “We can save the world if we save ourselves first,” she has said. But the Lizzo of today didn’t always feel that self-love herself. It was a long journey to get to that kind of confidence and full-on star status. And it all started in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The artist known as Lizzo was born Melissa Viviane Jefferson on 27 April 1988. She grew up in Detroit. Her church introduced her to gospel music. The music was spiritual, and that connection stuck

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with her. Young Melissa also loved science and writing, and she worked hard at school. She read manga comics, and particularly loved Sailor Moon . Sailor Saturn was her favourite character. Lizzo performing at Glastonbury Festival in 2019

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When Melissa was 9 years old, her family moved to Houston, Texas. It was a big change from Detroit. While her parents worked hard building businesses, Melissa discovered the flute. “I remember in the fifth grade, I just wanted to be really good. I was like, ‘I want to be really good at the flute. Everybody else is so bad.’” James Galway, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, is nicknamed “The Man with the Golden Flute”.

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