All this week, KUTX profiles the Ones To Watch鈥攕even must-see artists at .
is a rapper and singer out of Minneapolis, but her musical roots stretch back to Houston, where rapping wasn鈥檛 her first choice. 鈥淚 am a huge music nerd, music geek,鈥� Lizzo recently told KUTX鈥檚 Laurie Gallardo. 鈥淚 studied flute and played piccolo in high school marching band in Houston. So this rapping thing was like, secondary, and now it鈥檚 taken me to a place where I never thought I could go, or where the flute could ever take me.鈥�
Lizzo鈥檚 unique style has taken her from recording at Bon Iver鈥檚 studio to tours with Sleater-Kinney. Her music carries a social message too: it鈥檚 body-positive, it鈥檚 feminist, and it鈥檚 simply joyful.
Listen to our feature below, hosted by Jody Denberg and produced by Art Levy.
Lizzo at SXSW 2017:
- Monday, Mar 13 鈥� The Mohawk () 鈥� 7:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, Mar 14 鈥� Scoot Inn (day party, )
- Wednesday, Mar 15 鈥� Stubb鈥檚 () 鈥� 10:20 p.m.
- Thursday, Mar 16 鈥� Backyard at GSD&M (day party, )
- Friday, Mar 17 鈥� VuHaus SXSW Radio Day Stage () 鈥� 1 p.m.
- Friday, Mar 17 鈥� French Legation Museum ()
