Immersed in religion in his early years, the Birmingham-based R&B star is now questioning his faith, and exploring black male identity
When the Birmingham-born Sipho was 11 years old, he entered his school’s talent contest with a bunch of
Friends. They performed a cover of Green Day’s Wake Me Up When September Ends. Unfortunately, they didn’t win. “It was the corniest thing ever,” he recalls. “But I was actually really passionate about the whole thing.”
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