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- ↑ Gamboa, Glenn 'American Idol': Brooklyn's Qaasim Middleton out of competition Newsday. June 30, 2015
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- ↑ Campbell, Donna (January 22, 2015). "South Mississippians make a showing on 'American Idol'". Sun Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi.
- ↑ "The Music in Me (2006) (TV) – Full cast and crew". IMDb.
