MINNEAPOLIS — Maybe it was leaving Minnesota for sunny Los Angeles. Maybe it was re-emerging from COVID lockdown with a zest for life. Or maybe it was her destiny all along.
Whatever it was, Lizzo proved at her sold-out Xcel Energy Center concert on Tuesday night that she isn't just a clever blender of hip-hop, pop and Prince-esque funk — a talent she honed during her seven-year stint living in the Twin Cities.
The singer and rapper born Melissa Jefferson, age 34, is also now a bona-fide self-help guru and motivational speaker. She might even be the most important voice in music today for fending off everything ugly in the world. That's how beautiful Tuesday's sold out concert in St. Paul felt.
