Grammy winner Lizzo's latest career triumph is gracing the cover of Vogue magazine.
"I am the first big black woman on the cover of voguemagazine. The first black anything feels overdue. But our time has come. To all my black girls, if someone like you hasn't done it yet – BE THE FIRST," she wrote Thursday of the fashion bible's October cover.
Lizzo's Instagram account was a mixed bag of emotions between her striking Vogue spread shot by Hype Williams and her somber Instagram expressions of grief over the Kentucky grand jury decision not to charge any Louisville officers in the death of Breonna Taylor.
"I'm so disappointed and unfortunately not surprised in the way none of the officers have been charged with the murder of Breonna Taylor," the "Truth Hurts" singer said.
"Take everything out, take all the details out and tell somebody that this man broke into a woman's home and shot her to death while she was sleeping. Oh, and he wasn't charged for murder. Does that sound fair to you? It doesn't sound fair to me. No justice, no peace."
Though her Vogue interview was conducted well before Wednesday's decision, it came amid the national reckoning over race and injustice that has consumed the U.S. since the death of George Floyd. Lizzo, an artist who has weaponized her uniqueness, still talked about Taylor and what it means to be a Black woman in the U.S. The discussion ranged from body image, to music, to Aretha Franklin, to her time living in Minneapolis.
Los Angeles Times
