Erika Rose

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As the saying goes, a rose that grows from concrete surpasses expectations because one would never anticipate such a beautiful flower to blossom from such a challenged and often uneven foundation. The same is true for the prodigious and ethereal, singer-songwriter-musician, Erika Rose. Born in New York to a Jewish mother and a Jamaican father, the petite, biracial beauty with a song in her heart, did not allow anyone to deter her from pursuing her dreams of performing and making them a reality. Growing up in Manhattan and Queens for her first ten years of life, young Erika began to dance and play piano at the tender age of three, and would eventually study at The Alvin Ailey School. The precocious little lady started school early even skipping a grade, and it was during this time that she met another young wunderkind by the name of Alicia Keys. When she and her family moved to Florida, Erika stopped playing piano but her passion and flare for the arts continued. Throughout high school Erika pursued ballet, modern and African dance as well as musical theater. Upon graduation at the age of sixteen, Erika began to express herself thru song, polished her piano skills and picked up guitar. Reluctantly, Erika curbed her creativity in the pursuit of higher education, attending Boston College for a semester. Soon she realized that her creative aspirations had to be released. The young butterfly auditioned for the University of Miami’s School of Music and received a full scholarsh

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Rosegarden

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Future Sounds For My Classic Generation

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Classics A Journey Into Future

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The Hollywood Recordings

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The Hollywood Recordings [Explicit]

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Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love Disc 1

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Rosegarden [Album]

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Love to Make Music To

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Future Sound for My Classic Generation

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Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love

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The Reign: Mixtape Vol. #3

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Classics. A Journey Into Future

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