<object id="bimvidplayer0" width="470" height="264" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param value="true" name="allowfullscreen"/> <param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"/> <param value="high" name="quality"/> <param value="true" name="cachebusting"/> <param value="#000000" name="bgcolor"/> <param name="movie" value="https://swfs.bimvid.com/bimvid_player-3_2_7.swf?x-bim-callletters=WCNC"/> <param value="config=https://www.wcnc.com/?j=133051588&ref=https://www.wcnc.com/home/Uptown-singer-helping-others-with-his-voice-133051588.html" name="flashvars"/> <embed src="https://swfs.bimvid.com/bimvid_player-3_2_7.swf?x-bim-callletters=WCNC" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470" height="264" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" cachebusting="true" flashvars="config=https://www.wcnc.com/?j=133051588&ref=https://www.wcnc.com/home/Uptown-singer-helping-others-with-his-voice-133051588.html" bgcolor="#000000" quality="true"/> </object> <script src="https://www.wcnc.com/templates/belo_embedWrapper.js?storyid=133051588&pos=bottom"> Charlotte, N.C. — Nao Barber, a finalist in American Idol's 2013 season, has a giant voice that will stop you in your tracks. A couple of blocks from the rowdy Occupy the Democratic National Convention protests, South Tryon Street is hushed at midday, the calm before the convention storm. And then, out of nowhere, Barber starts singing. Eight years ago, the street singer was shot twice in the chest — once with a .38 and then again with a .28 gauge — sitting outside of a friends house talking. The doctors told him he'd never sing again. "I had to start working on my voice," Barber told HOH. (more…)
