Lizzo

The singer splashed onto the scene in 2019 with the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping “Truth Hurts,” a full two years after the empowering bop was released. Lizzo has since earned four Grammys and millions of fans for her honest lyrics about body image, Black beauty and putting yourself first.

“I deserve the spotlight,” Lizzo told PEOPLE of her success so far in her Women Changing the World cover story in 2022. “I deserve the attention. I’m talented, I’m young, I’m hot. You know? And I’ve worked hard.”

And she’s determined to make that “big break” easier for those looking to follow in her footsteps.

“Girls that look like me don’t get representation. Time to pull up my sleeves and find them myself,” Lizzo said in the trailer for Big Grrrls, her Emmy-award winning reality series about the search for her backup dancers.