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"When you tell me I can't do something, it just makes me want to do it more," country singer Rissi Palmer told a classroom of children in Atlanta this week, explaining that people told her she couldn't sing country music because she's African-American. (Quote via CNN.) She certainly proved them wrong.Rissi's very first single, 'Country Girl,' from her 2007 self-titled debut album, made her the first African-American female in two decades to hit the country charts. It was a sweet victory for the songbird, as she'd previously turned down a record deal because the label wanted her to abandon country for pop music.
Rissi, a Midwestern girl, grew up listening to classic country, as her parents were big fans of Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton. She started performing in pageants as a teenager, singing songs by LeAnn Rimes and Shania Twain.
"I loved the way the country artists wrote songs," Rissi told the Atlanta students. "I always liked telling stories."
Rissi co-wrote nine of the twelve "stories" on her debut album. Her latest single is a countrified version of the Jordin Sparks-Chris Brown duet, 'No Air.' Listen to the song here.
