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Lizzo Wins ‘Entertainer Of The Year’ At The 2020 NAACP Image Awards

<p>The 2020 NAACP Image Awards were overflowing with &num;BlackGirlMagic—and one of the most memorable instances of the night came from superstar <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;beyonce-lizzo-lead-2020-naacp-image-awards-nominations-tyler-perry-regina-king-lizzo-billy-porter-angela-bassett-all-up-for-entertainer-of-the-year&sol;">Lizzo<&sol;a>&period; She was nominated against several Hollywood heavyweights for &OpenCurlyQuote;Entertainer Of The Year’ and managed to win the award due to her incredibly successful year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lizzo has literally been killing it in practically every area and at practically every awards show all of 2019 and into 2020—and her latest win is <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;url&quest;sa&equals;t&amp&semi;rct&equals;j&amp&semi;q&equals;&amp&semi;esrc&equals;s&amp&semi;source&equals;newssearch&amp&semi;cd&equals;3&amp&semi;cad&equals;rja&amp&semi;uact&equals;8&amp&semi;ved&equals;0ahUKEwjNg7-c5-bnAhXQm-AKHRkKCzsQxfQBCDQwAg&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&percnt;2Flists&percnt;2F2020-naacp-image-award-winners-complete-list-updating-1276771&amp&semi;usg&equals;AOvVaw0hGLmiq49g-Bi30OafEyFO">another triumph<&sol;a>&period; Up against stiff competition that included Angela Bassett&comma; Tyler Perry&comma; Billy Porter and Regina King&comma; Lizzo came out on top as the &OpenCurlyQuote;Entertainer Of The Year&period;’ However&comma; the only thing better than her snagging the night’s top honor was her beautiful speech that received a warm round of applause&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During her speech&comma; Lizzo acknowledged the legendary Angela Bassett&comma; saying&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I got to meet all of my heroes tonight in this room&period; Ms&period; Angela Bassett&period; Thank you for this award&comma; it says that I’m the &OpenCurlyQuote;Entertainer Of The Year&comma;’ but you are the Entertainer period…PERIOD&excl;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She also had special message&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I just wanna shout out all of the big&comma; black girls that I bring on stage with me&period; I do that because I want them to know they are the trophies&period; And since this is the final award of the night&comma; I don’t even wanna make it about me&period; Every last one of you&comma; you are the award&comma; you are so special&comma; we are such a beautiful people&comma; this is just a reminder of all of the incredible things that we can do&period; God bless you&comma; and keep on being an award&excl; Let’s go&excl;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B85NBOLBB0L" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Congrats&comma; Lizzo&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"57498" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lizzo-wins-entertainer-of-the-year-at-the-2020-naacp-image-awards&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0fd8f29de8"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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