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Watson in 2014, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Malaya Tina Bandico Watson
Place of Birth: Southfield, Michigan, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 24, 1997
Ethnicity: * father – African-American * mother – Filipino
Malaya Watson is an American singer. She was a contestant on season thirteen of American Idol .
She was born to an African-American father, a professional guitar player, and a Filipino mother, a nurse, from Manila.