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  • 9/20/2024
Twenty years after the star was introduced to the world on American Idol, she’s earned some incredible titles: EGOT winner. TV host. Mother.
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00:00I think it helps make up who I am, like my upbringing and my culture, growing up in the
00:11church, you know, that's a part of my upbringing, and I feel like my culture as well, and it
00:17can't help but to show up in the music.
00:46It's the base for me, you know?
00:50And I like to cater to it a lot of times, but also, like, it helps me expand myself
00:55and be open to other styles of music just the same.

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