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Chicago, USA
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Chicago, USA
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PopStyle
CountryMood
ReflectiveBorn
2013
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2013 to Present...
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Steve Grand (Also known as:Steve Starchild, Steve Chatham, Finn Diesel) is a country music performer from Lemont, Illinois. He was acclaimed as the first openly gay male country singer after the music video of his song “All-American Boy” went viral on YouTube in less than a week
Grand wrote music from the time he was 11 years old. By age 13, Grand realized that he was gay and struggled to reconcile his sexuality with his Catholic upbringing.
He came out to friends while in the eighth grade. After learning of his sexuality, Grand’s parents enrolled him in “straight therapy” for five years. After graduating from Lemont High School, Grand attended Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee for one year, before returning to Chicago.
Prior to launching his musical career, Grand modeled under the pseudonym Steve Chatham. He also performed as a cover artist as Steve Starchild. Grand played piano at the Joynt in downtown Chicago in 2013.
That same year, he recorded a music video for his song “All-American Boy,” producing it at a cost of US$7,000. The video was posted on YouTube on July 2, 2013. Within a week, the video went viral, receiving more than 650,000 views
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