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Shea Rose is a warrior unleashed

From shy student to fearless singer

By Martín Caballero

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  January 13, 2012

Anyone who saw Braintree-born Shea Rose perform at the Boston Music Awards in November (where she won R&B/Soul/Urban Contemporary Artist of the Year) saw her light up the room with a combination of raw energy and polished musicianship, leading her band as they fearlessly bounded through the myriad of hip-hop, rock and funk influences that colored her 2011 mix tape “Little Warrior.’’ It was a memorable moment of arrival for a promising young talent whose path to success has been anything but predestined.

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