Lizzo Lands First Lead Function as Rock Star Rosetta Tharpe

Lizzo is able to rock and roll!

The Grammy award winner has landed her first lead position as she is ready to play Sister Rosetta Tharpe, an American gospel singer often called the “Godmother of rock and roll,” in Amazon MGM Studios’ Rosetta.

Lizzo, 36, took to Instagram to share her pleasure, sharing a photograph of Deadline’s protection (which first reported the information) with the caption, “Black folks made rock n roll yeaaaah.”

On her Instagram story, Lizzo additionally wrote “It is lastly out ya’ll. I am so excited and honored.”

Rosetta will probably be written by Natalie Chaidez (The Flight Attendant, Queen of the South) and Kwynn Perry (Tigerbelles, The Burned Photograph). Together with Lizzo, producers for the venture embody Kevin Beisler, Vital Productions’ Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker.

Tharpe was a gospel singer who began to achieve recognition within the Thirties by mixing non secular lyrics with electrical guitar and has been nicknamed the “Godmother of rock and roll.”

The biopic will probably be Lizzo’s first characteristic movie position since 2019’s Hustlers, which she starred in alongside Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu. Lizzo performed a stripper named Liz within the Lorene Scafaria-directed crime comedy a couple of crew of New York Metropolis strippers who steal cash by drugging inventory merchants and CEOs who go to their membership.

The singer/rapper additionally not too long ago made a visitor tv look in The Mandalorian as The Duchess.

Lizzo — whose actual title is Melissa Jefferson — has not too long ago been talking up about her psychological well being and up to date weight reduction amid the discharge of her new single and music video for “Nonetheless Dangerous” forward of her new album Love in Actual Life.

Throughout a live performance on the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 12, the “Juice” singer talked about combating despair in 2023. She was sued by former backup dancers on allegations of harassment and a poisonous office atmosphere in August of that yr and has denied all allegations.

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In keeping with movies shared to social media, Lizzo opened up about her psychological well being whereas sharing the inspiration behind her upcoming album’s title.

“I named it that as a result of a couple of yr and a half in the past — it’s so laborious for me to speak about — I used to be in such a darkish, deep despair,” Lizzo mentioned. “I used to be so heartbroken by the world and so deeply harm that I didn’t need to stay anymore, and I used to be so deeply afraid of folks that I didn’t need to be seen. Finally I received over that worry.”

Lizzo defined she had a breakthrough second whereas attending a live performance on the time. “As I used to be strolling by the gang to get to my spot, one thing miraculous occurred. Any person, who I didn’t know, checked out me and mentioned, ‘Lizzo, I like you.’ And so they reached out, and I reached again, and we hugged, and it felt so rattling good,” she mentioned.

Lizzo presently faces a number of ongoing lawsuits filed by a few of her former staff alleging sexual and racial harassment and a hostile work atmosphere. She has denied all of the allegations.