SZA Talks Growing Up Muslim And Why She Regrets That She Stopped Wearing A Hijab

Published: Monday 26th Apr 2021 by Ryan

SZA is getting candid.

The ‘Good Days’ singer recently did a Q&A on TikTok, where she spoke about her experiences growing up as a Muslim girl and how her life changed after September 11, 2001.

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She described her secluded upbringing:

“The experience was very microcosmic, very insulated, very much like you don’t know that no one else is practicing the same thing if you’re Black and in the suburbs because you’re kind of in your bubble. I guess I didn’t realize that things were weird and awkward until I got a lot older.”

SZA then went on to explain why she stopped wearing her hijab and its relation to Islamophobia after the terrorist attacks on September 11:

“I regret so much—like, being afraid or caring what people said about me, or in high school feeling like if I didn’t cover all the time that I can’t start covering some of the time.”

“And I did start covering again in high school, and then they were like, ‘What is this? You don’t live your life properly. You’re not really Muslim. Shut up.’ I always let somebody dictate how I was.”

She then went on to express there are times when she still has a desire to wear her hijab and to dress more modestly.

“I remember the other day even talking to Punch, my manager, and being like, ‘Oh, I want to wear a hijab. I wonder if I could.'”

“We played Malaysia and Indonesia, and it was really comforting to be able to cover up for those shows. I didn’t feel like anybody would judge me or was going to say that I was being fake. It was just part of the custom, where I’m amongst my own people, and they just accepted me as whatever.”

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  1. Whyt n Blaaac bitchezx April 26, 2021

    Right put Megan thee stallion up so mutha f***** sick of seeing this picture with the fake tattoo. This b**** ewwww so 2019 take her pic down.

    • Whyt n Blaaac bitchezx April 26, 2021

      Old ass picture b****, be glad Megan on break

  2. Miss Thang 💅🏽 (Shayla Queen 👑) April 26, 2021

    Girl, bye!

  3. 🍭marilyn monh-O-E🍭(💫Perfectly Splendid✨) April 26, 2021

    Don’t tell me she’s trying to be a terrorist💅🏿💅🏿 #NEVER FORGET 9/11

  4. Roberta FlackSabbath April 26, 2021

    If you regret not wearing it, THEN WEAR IT.

    She’s a total PHONY and FAKE.

    Go SCISSOR/SZA Demi Lovato. Another fake victim.

    Women music stars used to be powerful, not this victim 24/7, crying on social media..

    • Noelle Lovelace March 15, 2022

      not u talking not like anyone will ever know you oh yeah fun fact IT SAYS SHE REGRETS ON CARING WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT DUMB B**** ALSO HAVE EVER THOUGHT ON HOW SHE FELT DO U KNOW WHAT SHE BEEN THROUGH BTW DID U EVER LEARN NOT TO BELIVE ANYTHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA YEAH DIDNT THINK SO OH AND DID YOU EVER FIGURE THAT SHE WAS INTERVEIWED ABT THIS SHE DIDNT JUST GO ON TWITTER ONE DAY AND START WHINING ABT IT pfft no wonder you got such a name rObErTa ALSO IF ANYONE IS FAKE HERE,OH SUPRISE,SUPRISE ITS YOU WHY? FOR BEING DUMB AND NOT THINKING ABT HOW PEOPLE FEEL.

  5. Clarks0o00ñ April 26, 2021

    She loves to tell lies

    Remember when she said her drawn on freckles were real 🤣

    Remember when she said she was a marine biologist 🤣

    She loves lying about petty irrelevant things.
    Shes basic as hell ,but shes trying to sell this whole “I’m so deep and different” image just like frank ocean.

    • 🍭marilyn monh-O-E🍭(💫Perfectly Splendid✨) April 26, 2021

      She lied about she dated Drake and we know drizzy won’t dated ugly bish like her 💅🏿💅🏿

    • Willy April 26, 2021

      Hush up sza is easily surpassing flopmillas ugly rat ass
      Have you forgotten??
      Camilas still an ugly racist can’t sing

      Chart
      Sell a tour
      Sell an album
      And she isn’t liked by anyone

      • Miss Thang 💅🏽 (Shayla Queen 👑) April 26, 2021

        Uh… I think you meant F*******

      • Pls April 26, 2021

        No we mean flopmilla
        She’s a worthless flip who attends weekly racist therapy 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  6. Miss Thang 💅🏽 (Shayla Queen 👑) April 26, 2021

    We live in the age of the Victim Olympics…

  7. Hmmm… April 26, 2021

    Lol, this is so stupid. If she truly wanted to wear a hijab, she would wear a hijab. If you want to wear a hijab, but won’t because people will “judge” you, then you ARE being fake. Does she hear herself? You can cover up whenever you want. Nobody is forcing you to do anything.

    • Noelle Lovelace March 15, 2022

      r u dumb… its called social anxiety if you’ve ever heard of it dumbass pfft and you calling her stupid

  8. Unnatural April 26, 2021

    It’s sad because most of the judgments coming from her own. And we wonder why we can’t progress.

    • True Tea April 27, 2021

      No honey the BC allow Black people to do & say whatever. She know exactly why she had to remove the hijab. The Muslim community would have went in on her. A muslim woman cannot sing ‘skrt skrt on neegas, I don’t trust these b*tches’ while wearing a hijab. Have you seen her videos?

      • Miss Thang 💅🏽 (Shayla Queen 👑) April 27, 2021

        🤣🤣🤣

      • THE TRUTH April 27, 2021

        LOL SO TRUE 😂

  9. SZA fan December 7, 2021

    She can wear whatever she wants she doesn’t have to get judge about wearing a hijab it’s part of her religion she can wear it if she wants to and it’s a good thing i love her and i support her and she’s not a tourist just because she wants to wear a hijab people don’t have to be a tourist to wear a hijab.

  10. yeah ali January 5, 2023

    the f***

  11. aliah January 14, 2023

    She knows that if she puts on a hijab she cant make music anymore, she’d get cancelled by the Muslim community so fast, especially because of the type of lyrics she produces.

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