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Ledisi Anibade Young (pronounced /?l?d?si?/) is a Grammy-nominated R&B singer from New Orleans. Her first name means "to bring forth" or "to come here" in Yoruba.[1] Ledisi grew up in a musical family; her mother sang in a Louisiana R&B band, and Ledisi first began performing at age eight with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra. She moved to Oakland, California, where she was nominated for a Shellie award in 1990 for her performance in a production of The Wiz and performed in an extended run with the San Francisco cabaret troupe, Beach Blanket Babylon.[1] She studied opera and piano for five years at University of California Berkeley in their Young Musicians Program.