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Robert Dex

Rapper Lizzo opens up on early career insecurities

US star Lizzo

(Picture: ELLE UK/AB+DM)

US singer Lizzo said she was so insecure when she was starting out she did not want to perform solo because she thought having someone else on stage would “take the focus off me”.

The star, whose hits include About Damn Time, told Elle UK: “Nearly every star I saw on stage was thinner and light-skinned. And they didn’t look like me. Sure, there were women like Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah. But they were the exception to the rule.

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