Lizzo Named TIME's Entertainer of the Year for 2019

Lizzo has had quite the 2019, and now that the year is coming to a close, she won’t let anybody ruin it.

Having smashed records with “Truth Hurts” and racked up the most nominations for next year’s Grammys, Lizzo has officially been unveiled as TIME’s “Entertainer of the Year” and speaking to the magazine, she opened up about using Twitter as a tool to shut down those who “challenge” her current position.

“I have to bite my tongue on certain things,” the “Good as Hell” singer told TIME. “When people challenge my talent, they challenge whether I deserve to be here. They challenge my blackness. I’m like, ‘Oh! I can easily just let your *ss know right now in 132 characters why you’re f*cking wrong.’”

Just earlier this week, Lizzo set Twitter ablaze when pics of her courtside outfit, which exposed her thong, filled everyone’s timelines. She addressed the negativity on her social media shortly after.

“I’m not going to quiet myself, I’m not going to shrink myself because somebody thinks that I’m not sexy to them. B*tch you really think because someone on Twitter thinks I’m not cute I’m going to stop existing?” she said during an IG live. “I think it’s healthy to have a relationship with your naked body, even if no one ever sees it,” Lizzo told TIME. “But I’ve always felt the need to share it.”

Whether it’s defending her fashion choices and her rap skills or asking fans to stop pitting artists against each other, Lizzo has proven that she does not shy away from using Twitter as a tool to speak her mind — and her unapologetic stance isn’t unjustified.

“I’ve always stood up for the underdog and the underrepresented because I can’t escape from that myself,” Lizzo told Teen Vogue in 2018. “I can’t wake up one day and not be black. I can’t wake up one day and not be a woman. I can’t wake up one day and not be fat. I always had those three things against me in this world, and because I fight for myself, I have to fight for everyone else.”

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