The life of Jennifer Hudson

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She had just become the first Black singer on Vogue's cover. Then, her mother, brother, and nephew were murdered.  From singing on a Disney cruise ship to joining the EGOT club, this is the incredible story of Jennifer Hudson.

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00:00I'm not a big talker and I normally get up and I'll be like oh my god I don't want to speak,

00:03I don't want to speak, but that's a form of taking up space. So I'm about to start

00:07taking up my space outside of song.

00:24Believe in yourself and go for your dreams. Don't worry about what other people may think.

00:28They just don't dream as big as you do.

00:45My theory is I have her voice and had she weren't professional I wouldn't exist.

00:51So it was my duty and my goal and my dream to be able to do this for her.

00:58It says that you just finished work on a Disney cruise ship. Yes, yes.

01:09We're going to expect something better than a cruise ship performance right today?

01:13Yeah, definitely that.

01:21This show is about versatility. It's been a struggle, it hasn't been easy,

01:24but if it's not worth working hard for it's not worth it at all.

01:29We finally get the chance to have our own act and Dina's doing lead. She can't sing like I can.

01:37I felt as if I was another person for six whole months

01:40and preparing. I've never done anything to prepare the way I did for this.

01:52It's going to take a while to get used to this.

01:59My family, they're very realistic and very normal.

02:02They're not into the whole I'm like kind of thing. So when I go home to Chicago,

02:06that's another place. It's just home. I stand in line with everybody else.

02:10Oh my god, my very own Louis Vuitton. That's right. No more rent girl for you.

02:40The bodies of two people are found in a home this afternoon on the city's south side and property

02:49records revealed this house belongs to the mother of Oscar winning actress Jennifer Hudson.

02:53The frantic two day search for actress Jennifer Hudson's missing nephew ended this morning with

02:58the worst possible outcome. The discovery of an SUV missing from the crime scene with a boy's body

03:04inside. Today, she was here testifying as the first witness for the prosecution in the trial

03:15of William Balfour, her former brother in law accused of murdering Hudson's mother, brother

03:20and nephew. Have you forgiven him? Yes, because I feel like for the most part,

03:41it's not his fault. Like it's what he was taught, how he was brought up.

04:02I got to open up for her and her concert, and then I got to watch her sing. Oh my god. And

04:09she had this presence. It was that was very regal and very royal, like the Queen herself.

04:16Jennifer Hudson is a very good singer. She's just likable.

04:39Every woman can do anything she puts her mind to.

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