{"id":86329,"date":"2024-03-30T02:01:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T02:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/30\/lizzo-quits-the-music-industry\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T02:01:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T02:01:38","slug":"lizzo-quits-the-music-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/30\/lizzo-quits-the-music-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzo &#8216;quits&#8217; the music industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-03-30\" datetime=\"1711764098\" pubdate=\"\">30 March 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p>Lizzo has &#8220;quit&#8221; the music business.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Lizzo has announced she&#8217;s quitting the music business<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old star has taken to social media to suggest that she&#8217;s walking away from her music career, explaining that she&#8217;s &#8220;tired of getting dragged by everyone&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Truth Hurts&#8217; hitmaker wrote on Instagram: &#8220;I&#8217;m getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little better than how I found it. But I&#8217;m starting to feel like the world doesn&#8217;t want me in it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m constantly up against lies being told about me for clout and views&#8230; being the butt of the joke every single time because of how I look.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;My character being picked apart by people who don&#8217;t know me and disrespecting my name.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I didn&#8217;t sign up for this (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nLizzo &#8211; who has more than ten million Instagram followers &#8211; ended her post by saying: &#8220;I quit [peace-sign emoji] (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nLast year, meanwhile, Lizzo and her production company were accused by ex-dancers Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez of sexual harassment and of creating a hostile work environment.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe trio launched a lawsuit against Lizzo and her company &#8211; but the award-winning singer has strenuously denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\nLizzo &#8211; whose real name is Melissa Jefferson &#8211; took to social media to address the accusations, saying that they were as &#8220;unbelievable as they sound&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said in a statement in August: &#8220;My work ethic, morals and respectfulness have been questioned. My character has been criticised.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nLizzo added that it was never her \u201cintention to make anyone feel uncomfortable or like they aren\u2019t valued as an important part of the team&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/lizzo-quits-music-industry-1397107.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 March 2024 Lizzo has &#8220;quit&#8221; the music business. Lizzo has announced she&#8217;s quitting the music business The 35-year-old star has taken to social media to suggest that she&#8217;s walking away from her music career, explaining that she&#8217;s &#8220;tired of getting dragged by everyone&#8221;. 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