“…writing was where I felt like a person and that I had value and that I could show that I was smart, and it was beyond ‘Am I pretty, am I liked, and that basically meant everything to me. It made me feel like a person and that I was doing something worth something.”
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Hal David Starlight Award
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SZA is only the second Black woman to receive the Hal David Starlight Award, presented to gifted young songwriters. The award was created in 2004.