Samara Joy is nominated for two more Grammy awards at this year's 68th annual ceremony She's won all five Grammys she's previously been nominated for The 25-year-old jazz artist burst onto the scene ...

Samara Cyn is doing everything right nowadays, but truthfully, you could say she always has. Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and bouncing around several cities before settling in Pheonix, Arizona in ...

This feature is from Complex Magazine Issue No. 2 - Spring 2025 (The Innovation Issue), which is available now for pre-order on Complex Shop. Samara Cyn is a self-identified “genre-bender,” following ...

Tennessee rapper Samara Cyn is on the cusp of one hell of a come-up, receiving high-profile co-signs from the likes of Lauryn Hill and St. Louis rapper Smino, who put her in his “Maybe In Nirvana” ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Samara Joy’s voice has the ability to transform listeners to the early jazz clubs, filling them with warm nostalgia for legends like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Bruno Mars ...

The jazz singer’s grandfather, Elder Goldwire McLendon, participated on BET’s Sunday Best and finished in third place in the competition.

At just 25, we’re comfortable anointing Samara Joy as the face of American jazz. The Bronx native champions an unsung wave of contemporary jazz musicians who pay equal attention to respecting the ...

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Samara is poised and elegant onstage at Newport, Umbria Jazz and the Apollo Theater in polished performances captured on TikTok, where you can scroll the timeline of her rise to fame along with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 17: Samara Joy performs during the Jazz Foundation of America presents the 2025 Spotlight Jazz Concert ...