At age fifteen, she dropped out of the program to pursue a career in music.Īfter dropping out of high school, Hudson attended the Music Academy of the West, where she took music lessons while renting some facilities there. Hudson attended Dos Pueblos High School and completed her GED requirements.

She also had other hardcore hobbies during her teenage days, such as roller skating, skateboarding, and surfing. When she became a teenager, Hudson received her first guitar as a birthday present. At age nine, she began vocal training under her Angela, her sister's wing. Hudson, having fondness of gospel music, constantly listed to the genre after sneaking into her siblings' belongings to find CDs. Hudson and her siblings had restrictions of certain foods, such as not being able to have Lucky Charms and calling deviled eggs 'angeled eggs'. Her family had often struggled with their finances, as they used food stamps and salvaged food from food banks, which also helped the congregation at Hudson's parents' church. During her elementary school years, she attended Paradise Valley Christian School in Arizona and Santa Barbara Christian School in California. Her parents are Pentecostal pastors, Mary Christine (née Perry) and Maurice Keith Hudson.īetween ages three to eleven, Hudson and her parents often moved across the country to help set up churches before resettling in Santa Barbra. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson was born in Santa Barbra, California on October 25, 1984.

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