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Lizzo calls sampling a pillar of Black art, but says it’s been twisted into Black theft.
During her stop on the “Million Dollaz Worth Of Game” podcast, the rapper opened up about her latest project, “My Face Hurts When Smiling,” before shifting into a candid conversation about her strong views on sampling.
“The first time people started sampling was who? It was rappers in the 80s and 90s,” she said to the hosts.
“They were sampling records because they didn’t have access to big studios. They didn’t grow up learning how to play bass and stuff like that. They created the genre of hip-hop through sampling records in their parents’ vinyls.”
For Lizzo, that freedom, no rules, no restrictions, was the spark.
“Hip-hop was born, and it was this beautiful thing.”
But the flip side of that history cuts deep for her.
“I just feel like the theft of it all, putting theft on Black culture, that’s the part that kind of turns me off,” she explained.
To her, the narrative has shifted from innovation to criminalization.
“Hip-hop’s medium was sampling. Sampling is a Black art that bred hip-hop. Hip-hop was born from sampling. And now sampling is synonymous with theft.”
She pushed even further, calling out the legal system’s role in shaping that narrative.
“It was policing Black art,” she said flatly, pointing to the racially charged roots of sampling laws. And while she acknowledges some rules are necessary, her frustration is clear.
“When you’re suing people off of a vibe, it’s like, man, that’s the vibe of my song.”
Watch the interview below.
