Rayshun Lamarr

Rising of a Soul Star Rayshun LaMarr was born and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He discovered his gift of singing at the age of seven. He later moved to Washington, D.C. and attended Duke Ellington School for the performing arts as a vocal performance major. To further his studies, he enrolled in the University of the Arts (UARTS), in Philadelphia, as a vocal jazz major with a minor in classical music. In 2002 he was named best male vocalist and most outstanding vocalist in the national singing competition in Branson Missouri.