Jessica Mauboy

For much of the early part of 2010, Darwin's favourite daughter, Jessica Mauboy, found herself at various time driving down Los Angeles's frenetic Sunset Boulevard, or standing amid the towering, neon-stamped buildings that engulf New York's Times Square, or enjoying the soul food and urban hip-hop sounds of Atlanta. She occasionally found herself in studios at 3am with imposing hip-hop producers, draped in bling, sipping Grey Goose, and puffing on Cuban cigars, taking phone calls from her dad back home, checking that she was okay.

Yes, it's surely a long way from the red dusts of the Northern Territory...

It was in America, home of her musical heroes (Mariah, Whitney,...

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