When do you give up on your dream? That’s the question Lizzo was asking herself two years ago. The “Truth Hurts” singer, Lizzo almost quit music because of depression. Luckily, she stuck with it and is now one of the most beloved new singers in the industry right now. “It was a long road,” the rapper-singer said of her career in the new issue of PEOPLE. The 31-year-old explained that things haven’t always been easy for her, in fact she’s been working for nearly a decade on developing her career.
In 2016, Lizzo signed with Atlantic Records and released her Coconut Oil EP. A year later, she dropped her hit song, “Truth Hurts.” But the initial reaction was not a positive one. In fact, there was almost no reaction whatsoever.