When Jermaine Paul auditioned for season two of The Voice, he became instantly known as “Alicia Keys’ Back-Up Singer” when trying to differentiate among the many soulful pop and R&B singers on the show. But today the Team Blake member is going by a different title: Winner. Snakkle caught up with Paul to talk about where he wants his career to go now that it is finally really just getting started.

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