Prior to "Truth Hurts" topping the Billboard Hot 100, the tidal wave of a track infiltrated Sunday's (Sept. 1) Battle of the Bands between eight HBCUs at Houston's NRG Stadium.

With a spare black-and-white note on October 23, Lizzo struck back in a public dispute over who, exactly, deserves credit for writing “Truth Hurts,” which had just notched its seventh week at ...