Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yebba — a.k.a. Abbey Smith — is a prodigiously talented 26-year-old singer who's been buzzing for so long it's hard to believe ...

About five years ago, a video of the R&B singer Yebba performing for a small crowd went viral. With this smoky voice and an impressive wail, it seemed like she was on a short runway to stardom, but ...

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 ...

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, ...

Yebba — a.k.a. Abbey Smith — is a prodigiously talented 26-year-old singer who’s been buzzing for so long it’s hard to believe “Dawn” is her debut album. She’s already won a Grammy (for a 2019 ...

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