Student discusses benefits of sharing in a friend’s music and letting shotgun choose the song

Draven Jackson Arts and Living Editor Whether you’re picking up your friend for a night out, or just driving around with the windows down feeling the cool air hit your face, what’s the one thing you almost always do? If it’s turning on your Spotify playlist and cranking up your favorite song, then you’re just like every other driver out on the road.  There’s something about driving around that just makes music better. Not to say that the songs aren’t still bops when you’re listening to them at home –…

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Addicted to Lizzo’s ‘Juice’: Student discusses Lizzo’s hit ‘Truth Hurts’ and how her music inspires today’s women

(PHOTO/ digboston via Flickr) Lizzo’s 2017 single “Truth Hurts” has climbed its way to the top spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 two years after its release.  Draven Jackson Arts and Living Editor “I just took a DNA test, turns out I’m 100%” in love with Lizzo.  Now that Lizzo’s song “Truth Hurts” has climbed its way to the top spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 list, it’s about time we talk about how it got there and why Lizzo has become the queen of underappreciated women everywhere.  Regardless of race, shape,…

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