Lizzo calls out criticism she makes 'music for white people': 'I am making music from my Black experience'

Lizzo denied claims that she makes music for a "white audience," which she said was the "biggest criticism" she had received. She explained that she makes music from her "Black experience."

"When Black people see a lot of white people in the audience, they think, ‘Well this isn’t for me, this is for them,’" she said in a new cover story for the magazine's November issue. Ashley Hume is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to ashley.hume@fox.com and on Twitter: @ashleyhume

She continued, "The thing is, when a Black artist reaches a certain level of popularity, it’s going to be a predominantly white crowd. I was so startled when I watched [YouTube clips of gospel great] Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who was an innovator of rock and roll. She was like ‘I’m going to take gospel and shred guitar,’ and when they turned the camera around, it was a completely white audience."