Entertainment

The iHeartRadio Music Awards were hosted in Los Angeles on Monday evening, and the one and only Lady Gaga was honored with the Innovator Award for her illustrious career.

"Growing up, I was nothing like most of the people I was around and everything about me represented a community of alternative kids that were underrepresented in my environment," Doechii said. "I was considered weird, but it's OK, because things worked out. As a kid that identified as an artist, as queer, and as a Little Monster, Lady Gaga wasn't just a pop star, she was a lifeline. Gaga taught us that it was OK to be our real selves, to try new things, to try anything, to speak out and to create."