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Lianne La Havas - Can't Fight
A native of South London, with Greek and Jamaican parents, La Havas began teaching herself to play piano, write songs, and sing at the age of seven. Her familyโs diverse taste was very influential, when she was a child, her grandparents babysat her often: โTheyโre from Jamaica, so when I was growing up I listened to a lot of religious reggaeโalmost hymns, but in a reggae styleโon cassettes. But at the same time my mother was listening to a lot of '80s and '90s Michael Jackson, and Mary J Blige, who I loved from a very early age. Plus India Arie, Jill Scott and The Fugeesโ.