The gold rose represents something rare, beautiful, and valuable.

That’s really what it means to me. Everybody goes through something. Everybody has moments where life gets hard and you have to decide whether you’re going to stop or keep going.

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People see the music now, but they don’t always see how many times life gave me a reason to walk away from it.

I grew up in Lincolnville with five sisters and a house full of sound—Caribbean music, R&B, Latin…

St. Augustine is more than a backdrop to me. I was born and raised here, in Lincolnville, so this city is tied to the way I hear music, the way I love, and the way I tell stories.

“St. Augustine…