At age 14, Harlem-native Walter Russell secured his first Grammy at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards held earlier this month.
“I kinda made history,” says Russell detailing what he called a surreal experience when his name was called.
“Everyone was like ‘oh my goodness.’ My mom went to hug me but I was already like three feet away,” Russel said. “So she ran, I hugged her, she was bawling.
“Normally I would cry during that situation, but, I don’t know, all of the nerves, I was like ‘ok, I won, let’s do this,” the teen added.
His award winning performance in the opera “Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in
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