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Alexa Mikhail, Nina Ajemian

Lizzo respects Chappell Roan's rise to fame

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Good morning! OpenAI's former CTO Mira Murati has been in discussion with employees about joining her next venture, CVS Health is exiting its core infusion services business, and Lizzo says women are dominating the music industry—finally.

- About damn time. Four-time Grammy award winner Lizzo recalls being asked the same question repeatedly as she began her music career, first in rap.  

“There weren't that many women in rap, so I had to endure this question thousands of times. ‘How do you feel about being a female rapper in a male-dominated industry?’” the 36-year-old singer told Fortune’s Ellie Austin on the first night of the Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, Calif. “I started to resent that question, and I would answer, ‘You know what, my dream is that one day there are so many women that are dominating in the industry that you can fill an entire festival slot with just women.’ And that dream has come true.’” 

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