Zewdy Awalom is an
up-and-coming young
R&B/Hip-Hop artist, with
extremely versatile style,
headed for stardom in the very
near future.

Born in New York City, in the
early morning of July 4th,
1990, to an Ethiopian mother
and an Eritrean father, Zewdy
grew up in Union, New Jersey,
where she polished her natural
vocal
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Zewdy Awalom is an
up-and-coming young
R&B/Hip-Hop artist, with
extremely versatile style,
headed for stardom in the very
near future.

Born in New York City, in the
early morning of July 4th,
1990, to an Ethiopian mother
and an Eritrean father, Zewdy
grew up in Union, New Jersey,
where she polished her natural
vocal skills, singing with her
R&B vocalist/song
writer/guitar player father
and her sister, using Karaoke
machine at home and singing
along with the radio. Even at
the age of two, she had a
perfect pitch and could learn
a song after only a couple of
takes. At the age of four, she
used to amaze visitors at home
by playing any tune on the
piano by ear.

Soon after that, she started
taking private piano and dance
lessons, in both of which she
excelled. But her heart was
totally in singing. In middle
school, in addition to singing
in choruses and choirs, she
participated in her
school’s production
of 'The Sound Of Music' where
she attracted a lot of
attention with her vocal
performance. That same year,
she entered a talent show,
where she sang a Christina
Aguilera song, 'I turn to
you,' a performance that was
the talk of the town for quite
sometime. Both teachers and
students told her and her
parents that her singing sent
chills through their spines
and had them crying.

In 2004, at the age of 14, as
freshman, she auditioned for
her High School’s
production of the Disney
musical 'Aida' and landed the
leading role. As Aida, Zewdy
mesmerized her audiences,
night after night, with her
clear, mature-sounding, strong
and pleasant voice. Folks
admittedly kept coming
repeatedly for her brilliant
vocal performance. In the
following year, she played the
role of Cosette in the
school’s production
of 'Les Miserables'.

In the meantime, in addition
to singing the National Anthem
and other songs at sports
events and others,
she’s been featured
on different
artists’ recordings
and has been working on other
projects.

Zewdy has participated in many
local talent competitions,
including shows at her
highschool & Top Of The Mic, &
has won a number of awards.

Currently, Zewdy is working
with a team of very talented,
young hip-hop and r&b artists
from all over New Jersey, best
known as The Foundation. The
rap members of the team
consist of Nimrod, Photo, Tax
G, Papi Storz, & Bless McFly,
and the singers of the group
are Zewdy, TLon, & Nena McFly.
Each artist in The Foundation
does their own thing as well
as collaberating with each
other. Don’t forget
their names.

Although Zewdy names Beyonce
Knowles as her idol,
there’s a host of
other artists she admires,
such as Stevie Wonder, the
late Donnie Hathaway, Mariah
Carey, and Christina Aguilera,
to name a few. She confesses,
' I like the contemporary
stuff, but my true love lies
in the old school.'

Whether she does the new or
old school, this beautiful,
young lady, seems to possess
the right stuff, not only to
make it in the business, but
also to set the pop music
world on fire.
u can find zewdy music at
http://www.myspace.com/zewdy

Category Music

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