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NaaDwomo / About This Artist

Artist Details and Stats:

Hometown: Hartford, CT

Label: Unsigned

Management: Studio Mars

Website: www.naadwomo.com

Sounds Like: Michael Jackson, Usher, Tank, John Mayer, Maxwell

Genre: R&B/Soul

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R&B/Soul charts for Hartford, CT
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Biography:

Earliest Moments
A native of Hannover Germany, born Henry Nana Dwomo Kwame Osei Smith, NaaDwomo pronounced (Nah-Jomo) moved to Ellington Connecticut in early 1992. Another fatherless child with a resilient mother who would stop at nothing to give her son the best. His mother born and raised in Kumasi, Ghana which is located in West Africa, instilled  in her son the cultural values of the Ashanti Tribe, which shaped NaaDwomo
into the man he is today. 
His earliest musical exposure besides his late uncle & American Blues artist "Louisiana Red" came from the  King of Rock and Roll "Elvis Presley". Singing and mimicking Elvis's moves only paved the way for the King of Pop to enter and steal NaaDwomo’s heart, mind and soul. Michael Jackson forever set the tone and it was at this point in his young life that NaaJumo knew his destiny.

R&B Takeover
1992 "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye" written by Freddie Perren and covered by Boys I I Men solidified a new relationship of love for the R&B Soul genre.  Hit songs througout the 90's from artists such as New Edition, Jodeci,  Babyface, Mint Condition, Brian McKnight, Dru Hill, Maxwell, Jon B,112, Usher, Ginuwine,
Timbaland, Tyrese and R Kelly became his vocal training grounds.
A late bloomer to that Motown sound, NaaDwomo began to fill his head during his early college days at Umass with the sounds of Marvin Gay, Sam Cooke, Gladys Knight, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Teddy P and many more great ifluential R&B Soul legends.
The journey has been long and hard,
followed by many trials, tribultions and disappointments. A strong faith and belief in God with a tenacious spirit of manhood, scholarship, perserverance and uplift, instilled by his fraternal brothers of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc has been the determining factor in his fast uphill climb towards success.

Awards & Ventures
Performed the National Anthem several times throughout 2008 at the Twin Rivers Casino for the CES Boxing League for a crowd of 3 thousand people. Performed at Foxwoods Casino &
Mohegan Sun Casino.
Has opened up for artists Tyrese, Ne-yo, Bobby Valentino, Keyshia Cole, J. Cole, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, Domingo Quiones.
Beat out 127,000 contestants to be chosen as 1 of 8 online contestants to make it to Hollywood on the hit show American Idol Season 10. Left the show as one of the top 90 finalists.
Won Connecticut Idol in 2005 & 2010
Co-Won Connecticut X-Factor in 2011 through Fox 61 News
Placed 2nd, at New Yorks Apollo Theatre, in 2012 & 2014