Lalah was born Eulaulah Hathaway in Chicago, Illinois, into a family for whom music was their first language. She is the daughter of the great Donny Hathaway. As raised by Donny and Eulaulah, Lalah and her younger sister Kenya were baptized in pan-cultural artistic expressions of the highest order. She was only ten years old when her father committed suicide. Lalah attended Chicago's Performing Arts High School then graduated to the famed Berklee School of Music in Boston. At the age of 21 she signed to Virgin Records and made a good impression with her debut recording, 'Lalah Hathaway', in 1990. The album contained the tracks 'Heaven Knows', 'Something', 'Smile' and 'I'm Coming Back', all of which were highly popular in the U.K. 1994, saw the follow-up album 'A Moment', which was well received and contained the popular track 'Do You Suppose'. In 1999, Lalah teamed up with Crusader member, Joe Sample.
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