Lizzo implored fans to vote at the upcoming US presidential election during her acceptance speech at the Billboard Music Awards.Lizzo — real name Melissa Viviane Jefferson — took home the gong for Top Song Sales Artist at the ceremony on October 15.
Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X were among the other musicians nominated for the award.“I just wanted to say I’ve been thinking a lot about suppression and the voices that refused to be suppressed, and I wonder would I be standing here right now if it weren’t for the big Black women who refused to have their voices be suppressed,” Lizzo said on accepting her award.“I just wanted to say right now if you are at home watching this and you are thinking about changing yourself to feel.
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