Here’s more about Mandi.
* She’s a San Antonio-based artist named Amanda Castillo who has been recording music as Mandi.
* Her Reverbnation bio describes her as a young, soulful Latin singer born and raised in Texas.
* That bio says Mandi was 19 when she decided she had to pack her bags and move away from family, leave her two jobs and follow her dream of becoming a singer.
* She wound up part of Nothing But the Best Records along with Cion Palmerin and released a debut single called Vivid Dreamer and an accompanying music video in 2017.
* She’s followed up with a steady stream of singles since then and released a five-song debut EP called “I” in July. You can check out “No Rush” from that EP below.
* Mandi has a tribute on her Instagram to the rapper BadAzz (Jamarr Antonio Stamp), one of her first collaborators on that label. He died in November at age 43.
* Writes Mandi: “Thank you for believing in me as an artist and for loving me like a little sis. You were suppose to be there when I made it! … I feel so blessed that I had you in my life.”
* Mandi credits her uncle, a popular Tejano singer, for convincing her to take music more seriously when she was growing up. She frequently performed at her gigs.
* And she missed an earlier opportunity to audition for The Voice because she was donating her kidney as part of a kidney exchange. Her mother needed a kidney, but Mandi wasn’t a match.
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