I was very impressed with Judith Hill's singing at Michael Jackson's memorial, and now she's back on Lopez Tonight with the "This IS It" band putting on a great rendition of "Man in the Mirror." I love this song because it conveys the simple, yet important message of be the change you want to see in the world.
I will keep this brief, but watching Michael Jackson's memorial yesterday had me wondering who the excellent, Asian-looking singer was who was front-and-center for a large portion of the broadcast. The first thing I thought was, "When has there ever been as Asian singing lead on US network television?" I still can't come up with an example.
Anyway, it turns out that I wasn't the only one wondering because Yahoo's front page has linked to a Rolling Stone article titled "Mystery Artist Reveled". They didn't get into the point I made about never seeing Asian singers on US TV, but they did give a little info about her and her background. Apparently her mother is Japanese, and her father is American, I'm guessing Black. Check her out in action:
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I recently graduated San Francisco State University. I majored in Japanese and minored in International Relations, and spent a year studying at Tokyo's prestigious Waseda University. I grew up in a very rural area of Humboldt County California. That remote setting built up a lot of ambition in me to get out and chase my dreams. Thanks for reading!
