A native of West Memphis, Arkansas, Smith was called Yebba Abbey spelled backwards by her mother throughout her childhood. Raised in a religious household, her biggest singing inspirations growing up were the Clark Sisters. While pursuing a career in singing as an adult, she was featured on songs by American Idol alum Clark Beckham and Nashville musician Luke Levenson in before she was championed by Ed Sheeran, who was moved by a live performance of her original song "My Mind" from Around that time, she started going exclusively by YEBBA in tribute to her mother, whom she lost to suicide soon after the performance. She issued her second solo track, "Where Do You Go," in late Sign In. Top Songs See All. Top Videos. Evergreen Best Part of Me feat.
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Abigail Elizabeth Smith , [1] [2] [3] born January 16, [4] known professionally as Yebba , is an American Grammy -award-winning singer and songwriter from West Memphis, Arkansas. She first became known for her backing vocal performance on Chance the Rapper 's SNL performance of the song "Same Drugs" in and releasing her debut single "Evergreen" in In , Yebba revealed that she was co-signed by Ed Sheeran 's label [5] when she performed a song called "My Mind", which was written and performed about a week before her mother died. He described how the Sofar Sounds performance of the song was so powerful, it made him cry. Shortly after followed the official release of her debut single "Evergreen". About the song, she said "I grew up doing music in my dad's church from a baby, so I've spent about a seventh of my life on the front row, beside my momma, and right behind my dad's organ. Church has always been a place of honesty, questioning, and family. So after we saw mom's suicide, and that sense of family seemingly dissolved, a building I had become entirely estranged to seemed like the only place I could go. In , she collaborated with Zane Lowe to release her debut music video for her debut single "Evergreen", which was done so with support from Apple Music and Beats 1. Lowe stated about the music video, "YEBBA is an artist in every sense of the word, and working together to bring her vision to light was truly remarkable.
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