SZA is a seven-time Grammy Award winner with two RIAA diamond certified hit singles and the Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame — but one of her greatest accomplishments came Thursday night as she was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame by Danny DeVito. The singer and songwriter’s speech at the actual ceremony was more earnest. Louis, but raised in the Maplewood, New Jersey suburbs.
She shared fond memories of working everywhere from a pizza parlor to a shoe store, but also of the community she built in her hometown. We’ve all participated in each other’s lives and in raising each other, and I’m honored. So thank you so much.” SZA joins previous New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, Wyclef Jean, Paul Rudd, Toni Morrison, Tony Bennett, the Isley Brothers, Meryl Streep, Jonas Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, F.
Scott Fitzgerald, and more. During her speech, SZA shouted out New Jersey’s own Lauryn Hill, who attended the same high school as her. Hill has not yet been inducted.
But they’re missing the meat. They’re missing the energy. They’re missing the heartbeat of the tri-state.”
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