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Especially have this other black man whos singing and dancing and doing a similar sort of idi idiom, not hip hop, i cant compete with that, thats an entirely different thing, but i can compete with michael jackson. and we have to find a way. and i know at some point, michael jackson said princes song called "im bad" and asked prince, will you get on this song and prince was so offended at the notion of michael jackson doing a song called "im bad" in a world where prince existed that he took the ...

Dreaming of becoming a singer/songwriter. ♪ >> reporter: before she could begin pursuing a career in music, she got some news that put her dreams on hold. at the age of 12, jamie was diagnosed with tourettes syndrome. >> i wanted to be a singer. i had no idea what tourettes syndrome was. all i found were clips from movies of these actors yelling and cursing. i remember sitting there and just crying my eyes out. >> reporter: instead of letting her condition silence her, jamie turned to youtube....

>> jamie grew up wanting to be a singer and song writer. before she could pursue a career in music, she got news that put her dreams on hold. at the age of 12 jamie was diagnosed with tourettes syndrome. >> all i found were clips from movies of actors yelling and cursing. i remember crying my eyes out. >> instead she turned to youtube. two years after her diagnosis, she began posting videos of herself singing. she got the attention of record labels and an online audience. >> i didnt blow up like...

Pursuing a career in music, she got some news that put her dreams on hold. at the age of 12, jamie was diagnosed with tourettes sin drome. >> i wanted to be a singer. i had no idea what tourettes syndrome was. all i found were clips from movies of these actors yelling and cursing. and i remember sitting there at 11 years old and just crying my eyes out. and i spent the next years just being absolutely miserable. >> instead of letting her condition silence her, jamie turned to youtube. just two y...

Videos of herself singing. ♪ >> reporter: she got the attention of record labels and an online audience. >> i didnt blow up like justin bieber did but i had a really cool response. >> reporter: now shes using her stage and her story to inspire others. >> i love the way you hold me. >> reporter: she started her own foundation. im a fighter. its a place where people dealing with illnesses and challenges can share stories and find support. >> its daily stories of fighters. a little kid with cance...

Being absolutely miserable. >> instead of letting her condition silence her, she turned to youtube and began posting videos of herself singing two years after her diagnosis. she got the attention of record labels and an online audience. >> i didnt blow up like justin bieber did. i had a really cool response. >> now shes using her stage and her story to inspire others. jamie started her own foundation. im a fighter. its a place where people dealing with illnesses and challenges can share stories ...

To do something completely different than what they were trying to do, but all of a sudden the friends were gone. >> singing became her salvation in these painful years. she poured her heart into her music and relentlessly lobbied her mother to take her to music row. >> when i was 11, i came to nashville and just kind of knocked on doors of record labels. my mom was, like, waiting in the car. i had this little demo karaoke cd and would walk into every major record label and was like, hey, im tay...

Eastern time. economists expect 228,000 jobs added and the jobless rate to stay steady at 5.8%. if those numbers are accurate, november will be the tenth month in a row with more than 200,000 jobs added making this on track for the best year of job growth since 1999. what isnt growing is wages. well be watching for any sign that wages are starting to pick up inside that report. ever feel like a song disappeared from your ipod? it might be because apple deleted it. according to a trial going on r...

Money all of a sudden it is like wait, something has to change. >> were generating the revenue, wait, where is that money? >> pearlman had taken insync to the top of the charts but in 1999 when the group wanted to switch record labels pearlman sued, threatening to take the bands name and block them from performing. insync counter sued. >> it was scary that if we separated from lou that we would lose johnny wright and all of our connections. we would lose our record label, lose all of these thing...

Nation. >> you dont have it now. >> but its coming back, sir. >> we just showed you the big three, okay? and they are all the big three. >> big three record labels. >> big three entertainers, people that are idolized. >> come after the record labels. >> check out black history about the history of black people in families -- >> -- i got to go guys. >> i actually know it very well. >> destroying it for their own personal profit. >> i got to go. we are going to continue to try to get the first lad...