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Elliott Yamin
Efraym Elliott Yamin (nicknamed 'The Machine') is an American pop singer and
songwriter who is 90% deaf in his right ear. He came to fame during the fifth
season of the 'American Idol' TV talent show in 2006. Growing up in Richmond,
Virginia he was the lead singer in a reggae-influenced band called Razor Posse,
as well as singing with a jazz/funk outfit called Big Pat & Legion. In 2004 he
also collaborated with Big Planz on the album 'Sound Doctrine'. It was in the
same year that Yamin turned to Terry Thompson of Soul Lovers Entertainment in
order to gauge whether he should audit...
