In honor of Juneteenth, Grammy winner launches Sasha B. Fluting Music Scholarship with $50,000 donation
Lizzo on Friday launched the Sasha B. Fluting Scholarship with a $50,000 donation, giving back to black music students at the University of Houston, her alma mater.
“Lizzo’s Juneteenth Giveback is proud to present $50,000 to the ‘Sasha B. Fluting Scholarship’ at the University of Houston,” Lizzo posted alongside a video announcing the scholarship. “Thank you @universityofhouston for your partnership and support.”
“Today is a day very close to my heart, near and dear to home and a milestone for me,” Lizzo shared in the video. The Grammy winner said, “This is for any young black student from Houston, Texas who has applied to get into the University of Houston to study at the Moores School of Music.” “Just a few years ago I was just a young black flute player who needed a scholarship and someone to believe in me. Now I have to pay it forward.”
He promised, “We will announce very soon who is the winner of that award.”
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Prior to the scholarship launch, Lizzo posted a photo of herself playing the flute with a temporary tattoo of the university’s cougar mascot on her cheek, and a more recent photo of her performing. “Meet baby Lizzo on scholarship at the University of Houston, hoping to pursue a music performance degree in flute,” she wrote in the caption. “Little did she know that she would forever change the conversation on the flute in pop culture.”
The Sasha B. Fluting Scholarship is the fourth donation made at Lizzo’s 4th Annual Juneteenth Giveback. The singer-songwriter has donated $50,000 to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Black Girls Smile and the Sphinx Organization.
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