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One of L.A.’s most promising young musicians can trace her career back to the moment she decided to run away from home.

Or did her mom kick her out?

“It’s hard to explain,” Alemeda says.

Growing up in a strict Islamic household in Phoenix, Rahema Alameda — the singer changed the spelling of her stage name to boost her internet searchability — was in constant conflict with her mother over school, religion and the pop music she was all but forbidden from listening to as a kid.

When she was 17, Alemeda recalls, “we got into a huge fight — stuff that had just built up till that moment — and I was like, ‘You know what? I’m leaving.’ Then she did this weird thing where she called the c

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