Birmingham native Ruben Studdard is making sure everyone knows who really deserves the credit for his being on the Fox television show, “American Idol.”
“I’m making sure I give Him props (recognition) because He deserves all the credit and respect,” the 24-year-old singer said.
A Christian since the age of 10, Studdard said his singing career began at the age of three at Rising Star Baptist Church, Birmingham, the church he still attends with his parents.
“[Being a Christian] not only affects my singing, it is my singing,” said Studdard, who has won the hearts of many in Alabama and across the nation.
In a biography provided by Fox, Studdard said he had gone through four years of voice training with his high school teacher, and was a voice major for three-and-one-half years at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville.
Influenced by his two favorite forms of music, gospel and jazz, Studdard sings with two bands, God’s Gift, and Just a Few Cuts, respectively, creating music to touch lives.
“I like being in a band because of the impact it has on people’s lives,” he said. “And the music is contemporary music so it reaches a lot of people.”
Representing Birmingham in a shirt emblazoned with the city’s 205 area code on it, Ruben said that spending time in Hollywood filming the show has not had an adverse affect on his faith.
Rather, his faith has helped him by, “being able to pray and have Somebody to talk to through it all.”
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