In 2016, when Yebba was on the verge of a viral breakthrough on YouTube, the Arkansas singer-songwriter lost her mother, Dawn, to suicide. A preacher’s daughter who sang from a young age in the church ...

The It's Been a Minute summer music series continues. Yebba had a huge year in 2016. The singer and songwriter's career was taking off. That year, she sang back-up for Chance the Rapper on Saturday ...

Just a week after making a standout appearance on Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, Memphis singer-songwriter Yebba has released her debut album. Dawn puts her vocals in the spotlight, making it abundantly ...

You could be forgiven for assuming Yebba is British. The singer born Abbey Smith -- her stage name is Abbey backwards -- is working in a hip-hop-adjacent retro soul realm that, in the 21st century, ...

When Yebba enters the video call, something is clearly wrong. She sighs, says hello, and then lets out a second deeper sigh, blowing air between her lips and rubbing her knuckles—just centimeters from ...

The 26-year-old singer and songwriter endured a family tragedy on the journey between tasting viral success and assembling a complete artistic vision with Mark Ronson. By Jeremy Gordon The singer and ...

It's a hard time to be a champion singer in pop – the kind who can really nail a vocal run, hit a high note with golden confidence and interpret a lyric with a stage actor's bravado. In 2021, ...