Rachel Brown

Rachel Brown is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known for her song "Bumblebee". Early life Rachel Brown was born and raised in New York City. She is the daughter of Ethiopian born mother Amsale Aberra who was an famous American fashion designer and executive Neil Brown, a New Jersey native with Bermudian and South Carolinian roots. After graduating from Hunter College High School in New York, Brown purchased a guitar and taught herself to play and write songs. Brown attended Harvard College, developing her passion for music in her spare time, graduated cum laude, and was selected as one of Harvard's “15 Most Interesting Seniors” by The Harvard Crimson. Musical career In 2009 while visiting family in Bermuda, Brown found herself at an open mic night called Chewstick. That night lead to her return to Bermuda later that year to perform at their annual musical Beachfest, which in turn led to her performing later that summer at the Bermuda National Stadium opening for Robin Thicke and Mary J. Blige and at the Bermuda Music Festival opening for John Legend and Quincy Jones. In 2010, Brown was the recipient of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Foundation Robert Allen Award selected by ASCAP membership staff. The following year Brown was a recipient of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame Abe Olman Award for Excellence in Songwriting.