“Lizzo drops new pics and somehow pisses people off again!” the “Still Bad” singer wrote on Instagram on Wednesday (April 15) ...

The Grammy-winning rapper and singer is set to play her first leading role in Rosetta, a biopic about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the pioneering musician known as the "Godmother of Rock & Roll." ...

Interest in Tharpe has grown in recent years. Back in 2011, BBC4 screened a documentary, Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock N’ Roll. She was finally inducted into the Rock N’ Roll ...

The Grammy winner will play the legendary "Godmother of Rock and Roll" who combined gospel with guitar Noam Galai/Getty; James J. Kriegsmann/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Lizzo is ready to rock and ...

A play inspired by “godmother of rock ’n’ roll” Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the regional premiere of the musical “Come From ...

Lizzo celebrated the news on social media, captioning a March 24 Instagram post, “Black people made rock n roll yeaaaah.” Often called the “Godmother of Rock and Roll,” Rosetta was among ...

Dubbed the “Godmother of Rock & Roll,” she was among the first to use heavy distortion on her electric guitar and helped pave the way for the classic blues sound. She also famously toured with ...