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Jill Scott (born April 4, 1972) is a jazz and rhythm and blues singer. She was born and raised in North Philadelphia and began her performing career reading her own poetry. She was discovered by Amir of The Roots. Amir invited her to join the band in the studios. The collaboration resulted in the song "You Got Me".
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Who Is Jill Scott – is the name of her first album, which later became 2xPlatinum. Jill Scott is almost everything: a two times Grammy award winner, American R&B, soul and jazz singer, songwriter, poet and actress. Jill was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 4, 1972.
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Born in 1972 in North Philadelphia, Jill Scott grew up in the ghetto with her mom and grandmother. A deeply loved and gifted child, she learned to talk at only eight months and was reading by age four. Always the center of attention, her principal in elementary school described her as a little butterfly among flies.
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Jill Scott was born on April 4, 1972, Jill Scott, an only child, was raised in North Philly by her mother and grandmother. After graduating from the Philadelphia School for Girls, she worked two jobs while attending Temple University where she studied teaching for three years before dropping out after being disillusioned about the profession.
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Jill Scott (born April 4, 1972) is a jazz and rhythm and blues and neo-soul singer. She was born and raised in North Philadelphia and began her performing career reading her own poetry and writing it .... She was discovered by
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Scott has established the Blues Babe Foundation, a program founded to help young minority students pay for university expenses. The Blues Babe Foundation offers financial assistance to students between the ages of sixteen to twenty-one, and targets students residing in Philadelphia, Camden, and the greater Delaware Valley. Scott donated USD$100,000 to help start the foundation. The foundation was named after Scott's grandmother, known as "Blue Babe" because of the bluish tint in her brown complexion.
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