Lizzo, in a *Vanity Fair* interview, rejected claims that she makes music for a “white audience,” asserting that her music reflects her Black experience. Blending hip hop, gospel, and R&B, Lizzo’s hits like *Good as Hell* and *About Damn Time* have topped pop charts, but she admits their popularity among white audiences sometimes creates tension.

“When Black people see a lot of white people in the audience, they think, ‘This isn’t for me,’” Lizzo explained. “But I’m a Black woman creating music from my Black experience.” She emphasized her work promotes self-love, especially for young Black girls who feel underappreciated.

Addressing critics who label her racist, Lizzo said, “It blows my mind when people say I’m not making music from a Black perspective—how could I not as a Black artist?”

Meanwhile, Kanye West criticized Lizzo’s weight loss and societal promotion of body positivity, calling it “clinically unhealthy” and “demonic.” He controversially linked such messaging to what he called a “genocide of the Black race.