Zendaya realizes she has a voice and she wants to use it for good!
As many fans know, the singer and actress isn't afraid to speak out about race, online bullying and other important topics. So when sitting down with E! News, the 19-year-old was happy to share the simple reason why she stands up for personal issues.
"I just think if you have—I guess you could say in a sense—power or influence, you have responsibility and to use that to the best of your abilities and I think that's what I want to do and I want to continue to do," she told Sibley Scoles. "Hopefully other young artists—as I get older—they will come in and see and understand because there have been people that did that for me."
She continued, "I think it's just important. It's very, very important especially as a young woman of color."
At just 19 years old, Zendaya has already found huge success with TV shows like Shake It Up and K.C. Undercover as well as modeling gigs and hit singles.
In addition, she just released a video for "Neverland" that is featured on Finding Neverland The Album from the Broadway musical Finding Neverland.
But regardless of all the hits and wins she earns in Hollywood, Zendaya wants to be known for the good she spread instead of her projects.
"It's a beautiful thing. I think one thing that people have always asked me is like…‘Your work or outspokenness kinda overshadows other things that you do, does that ever bother you?' and I'm like absolutely not," she explained. "I would much rather be known for being a human being and the things that I do as Zendaya than a project I was on and stuff I do."
She added, "I say that a lot, but it's very much the truth."