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MC Hammer daughter, UT’s A’Keiba Burrell, on MTV series
So is Burrell, who sings in an R&B mode “with a neo-Soul vibe” and participates in UT choirs, playing with a band like every other young Austinite? “No! Crazy right?” she says. “One of my friends at school recently approached me, then I heard that MTV was going to fly me out for the show, so OK, no band.”
During preparations for the debut, Burrell has bonded with her competitors. “We have this weird connection,” she says. “You don’t have to offer any disclaimers. They look at yours as a normal childhood.” Burrell expects to be back in school, which she loves, when the series ends but “if the wave hits, you ride it,” something she learned from her father’s streaky career, which took off just as she was born in 1987. “Rock the Cradle” premieres 9 p.m. Thursday.
Photo by Denise Truscello.
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