Kat Williams

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Kat Williams
Birth nameKatrina Williams
Genres Blues music, Jazz music
Occupation(s)Blues singer, songwriter
Years active1972–present

Katrina Williams is an American jazz and blues singer currently living in Asheville, North Carolina. She was a finalist on America's Got Talent , where she made it through to the Las Vegas rounds. [1] Williams also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno .

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Community outreach

Kat Williams is program director for the Buncombe County Sheriff's Department. She became involved in the Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County in 2015 and joined its board of directors. [2] [3] In 2018 she performed as part of "A Special Evening with Elizabeth Smart: Where's There Hope, There's Healing," an effort to address sexual violence. [4]

Personal life

Williams is in a same-sex partnership with Patrice Boudreaux[ citation needed ] and the two live in Asheville, North Carolina. [5]

Medical issues

In 2015 Williams began having health issue that would later be diagnosed as End Stage Renal Disease (stage 5), better known as kidney failure. Williams is also diabetic. She was placed on the kidney donor list by Emory Hospital in Atlanta and received a kidney transplant.

Awards

In 2012 Williams received an Emmy Award nomination for her work on the Hands of Hope project which featured several famous vocalists. The project was headed out by recording artist and producer, David L Cook. [6] She received the 2012 AMG Heritage Award for Female Vocalist of the Year. She won a collaborative AMG Heritage Award for her work on the video for Hands of Hope. [7]

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  2. Boys and Girls Club. "Williams joins the board of directors for the Henderson County Boys and Girls Club". Blue Ridge Now Publication. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  3. Williams, Kat. "The Kat Williams Story". Gay Asheville News. Gay Asheville. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  4. "A Special Evening with Elizabeth Smart - Our VOICE". Our VOICE. Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  5. "Sandburg Folk Music Festival". Asheville.com. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  6. Hands of Hope. "Williams listed as an artist on Hands of Hope". Radio Active Airplay. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
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