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Another "hip hop feminist" who began advocating for the rights of black women as a predecessor to Lizzo was Nicki Minaj. For example, she received backlash for her body confidence in her "Anaconda" cover art. However, just like Lizzo, this is her way of challenging society's structure of punishing women for bodily/sexual autonomy.

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Loic Wacquant is an urban sociologist who explains in "From Slavery to Mass Incarceration" how black people were forced through multiple "peculiar institutions" which created the unfair state of black people in our modern-day society.

Robyn Autry is a black sociologist who believes that urban ethnography can do more harm than good: she "had (mostly white) professors and colleagues attempt to teach me about being Black".

Richard Wright's "Black Metropolis" is about a close study of the Chicago environment which explored the relationship between white and black people.

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Joan Morgan is an author who coined the term "hip-hop feminism" and describes black feminism as "brave enough to fuck with the grays" and "keeping it real".

"I put the sing in single Ain't worried 'bout a ring on my finger" Lizzo speaks out on her confidence and individualism as a black female in her song Truth Hurts.  It is a goal of black feminist thought to seek such empowerment on a spiritual, mental, and physical level.

"Why men great 'til they gotta be great?" In the same song, Lizzo also speaks out on the innate value that men have in society simply for being male. This is an aspect of black feminism thought since it discusses the advantage males have in our world.

""Nobody seems to care about the way that black women feel" In a separate interview, the artist shows how she is a part of the black feminist movement as she talks about taking responsibility to speak up.

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Frank B. Wilderson III was one of the founders of the philosophical school of “Afro-Pessimism”; he explains the idea that black people are in a state of "social death".

"We want what we've always wanted from the beginning of being in this f---ing country, the same right that all these other people have" Lizzo speaks on a social media interview about how black people have been treated like this since slavery. What is worse is that they are still treated like so, rendering the "abolishment of slavery" meaningless.

"It's so much deeper than politics. It's in the veins of this country ... there is racism running through its veins" She explains the situation of "social death" that Wilderson discussed perfectly. The problem is rooted to the racist past of the country, deeper than politics.

The unfortunate George Floyd incident led to a spark of protests which Lizzo calls "the first semblance of hope I’ve had in a long time"

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João Vargas is the author of "Never Meant to Survive" in which he connects the dots between genocide and the condition of black people in the US.

"There are white supremacist terrorist groups coming from the south, patrolling the streets, shooting people" Lizzo explains to her followers on Instagram Live about the lethal conditions that black people endure in Minneapolis. This is a clear example of physical genocide.

"I still love my blackness... but until we start treating each life equally and respecting each life equally, we gotta say Black Lives Matter" the artist describes how blackness is culturally displaced in the country, an example of cultural genocide

Another aspect of genocide is biological genocide in which conditions are created to decrease birthrates. This can be seen by the segregation of black people into "ghettos".