 and um from st louis and you know eventually initially it was like well you know she's young because when i met them i was 17 and um they were like well you know she's young black woman so naturally you want to be like lauren hill or you want to be mariah carey or something like that and as they got to know me and know me as a writer and all that they they were like reese you're a country singer and they you know i think getting the boost