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Dana Williams, known by her stage name, YahZarah (pronounced yah-zah-rah), is an American R&B/neo soul singer from Washington, D.C.[Harrington, Richard. "Marcus Johnson's Three Keys to Success", The Washington Post, 2003-12-12, p. T06.]
Born and raised in Washington DC, YahZarah studied music at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Later, Williams took on the YahZarah moniker and went solo. She released two albums, Hear Me and Blackstar. Her music video "Wishing" was shown on BET.
A classically trained vocalist, YahZarah is also noted for her ability to sing in the whistle register,
YahZarah is featured on the albums Connected and Leave It All Behind by The Foreign Exchange and the Little Brother album The Minstrel Show.
Re-introducing herself by the new stage name Purple St. James, she released an eight-song EP, The Prelude, in September 2008.[Tullis, Eric. "Purple St. James (Yahzarah)'s The Prelude", Independent Weekly, 2008-08-06
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