As a kid, Singh was constantly acting out skits and performing hip-hop routines for friends and her sister. "Every other kid in school wanted to be a doctor, an engineer, a scientist, and my parents were like, 'Oh, of course, our daughter wants to be a rapper,'" Singh's sister, Tina, said in a 2017 interview.
Source: Toronto Life
In high school, Singh got into bhangra, a traditional Indian style of dance. She attended New York University in 2006 to study psychology but found herself putting more time into the bhangra club â which she was president of â than studying.
Her parents didn't approve of her dancing in public, but they eventually let her do it "because I was going to do it anyway," Singh told Toronto Life.
Source: Toronto Life
Singh soon discovered YouTube and content creators like Jenna Marbles who were gaining a following by just being themselves. She made her first video at age 22 under the moniker, "Superwoman."
Source: Toronto Life
Singh became the only female late-night host on a major network, and the first queer person of color to be in that spot. "A Little Late with Lilly Singh" debuted in September 2019, and included a rap parody similar to her YouTube content.
Source: Huffington Post, The Verge
Original author: Paige Leskin