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She was released from her five-year contract with Righteous Records so that she could appear on American Idol in 2004. In January 2002, Hudson signed her first recording contract with Righteous Records, a Chicago-based independent record label. She enrolled at Langston University but she left after a semester due to homesickness and unhappiness with the weather, and registered at Kennedy–King College.
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She has also credited Mariah Carey as being one of her musical "heroes." At age 7 she got her start in performing by singing with the church choir and doing community theater with the help of her late maternal grandmother, Julia. She cites Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Patti LaBelle as her overall biggest influences and inspiration. She was raised as a Baptist in Englewood and attended Dunbar Vocational High School, from which she graduated in 1999. She is the third and youngest child of Darnell Donerson and Samuel Simpson. Hudson was born on Septemin Chicago, Illinois.
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Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981), also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer and actress.