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Grammy Nominations 2025 Announced, These NJ Artists Are Shining Bright Grammy Nominations 2025 Announced, These NJ Artists Are Shining Bright
Grammy Nominations 2025 Announced, These NJ Artists Are Shining Bright Two of New Jersey’s music stars are shining bright in the 2025 Grammy nominations. Nominations for the at the 67th annual ceremony were announced Friday, Nov. 8. The Grammy Awards will be held on February 2, 2025, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, honoring music released between September 2023 and August 2024.  The following nominees have Garden State ties: SZA, 34: The R&B powerhouse from Maplewood who recently bought a pizza lunch for hundreds of high schoolers, has earned several major Grammy nods, including Best R&B Song for her hit “Saturn.” Known f…

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NJ Popstar Buys Teens Lunch At Hometown Pizzeria (VIDEO) NJ Popstar Buys Teens Lunch At Hometown Pizzeria (VIDEO)
NJ Popstar Buys Teens Lunch At Hometown Pizzeria (Video) High schoolers flocked to a New Jersey pizzeria in droves on Tuesday, Oct. 1 for a free lunch. And not just any free lunch — free lunch from a popstar. SZA sza Instagram Sabatino's owner Sabatino Perotta told NJ Advance Media reporter Jeremy Schneider that SZA, a Maplewood native, called him and asked if he could buy lunch for local high schoolers at Columbia High School. Around 11 a.m., high schoolers began showing up. Then, in droves to the Valley Street pizzeria. Schneider shared a clip of the event to X. .@sza bought lunch for Columbia High School students today at Sabatin…

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5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About NJ Grammy Award Winner SZA 5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About NJ Grammy Award Winner SZA
5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About NJ Grammy Award Winner SZA North Jersey native SZA won her first Grammy Award Sunday, April 4. The artist, whose real name is Solána Rowe, won the award alongside Doja Cat for their song "Kiss Me More" for best pop duo/group performance. The song was on Doja's 2021 album "Planet Her" and topped the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 3. Here are five things you may not have known about the Maplewood native: Her dad was an executive producer at CNN. She grew up Muslim and wore a hijab, but stopped after 9/11 due to bullying. She's a college dropout and attended three different schools.  Her first album, See.SZA.Run, was self…

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by Cecilia Levine