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Born 1985 in the city of Newark, New Jersey and raised in suburban Maplewood, New Jersey, Qadriyyah Marie Brown, a.k.a The Scholar, is a mixed breed of both an urban and suburban upbringing that is reflective in everything she does from how well she communicates to different groups of people to how much she appreciates interacting with new people and can adapt quickly to new surroundings. Qadriyah's musical influence was inspired by her family's love for old school music which led to her need years later to influence others through her love of music. The passing of Qadriyyah's father(a vocal singer, and talented one she may add) when she was just a mere 1 years old, is one of the many forces that drives her to yearn for more and more success.

Qadriyyah is an alumni of the Institute of Audio Research (IAR) in nearby New York City receiving her Certificate in Audio Engineering. She later attended Caldwell College in Caldwell, New Jersey, where she graduated magna cum laude in the top of her class with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Arts along with a host of other honors she attained that year. Before, during, and after attending these institutions , Qadriyyah was graciously able to work at a few established internships, one being at the popular New York radio pop/rock station 95.5 WPLJ. She has also completed a coveted Publishing internship at Bad Boy Entertainment this past Spring. Throughout all this time, Qadriyyah started to develop her to love to write poetry and transform that into songwriting and performing in front of the camera like she used to do when she was little. She is now an aspiring future hitmaker and is currently learning to play the bass guitar. This young entrepreneur in the making has her sights set on giving advice to other young and driven entrepreneurs.  She plans to continue to study and work under industry leaders to learn the business ins and outs so she too can one day have her own entertainment conglomerate in the near future and help someone underneath her achieve their goals and aspirations. She is currently an online student studying at Full Sail University, as a Master of Science in Entertainment Business graduate student. The Scholar spends her days doing schoolwork, reading, networking, thinking and her nights practicing her bass, writing lyrics, and surfing the internet and spending time with special family, friends and her cats. She loves to travel and plans to someday visit Cairo, Egypt and Venice, Italy for their foods and rich histories.

The Scholar was a self-given name for her level of music knowledge and her love to always learn. She was also a Caldwell Scholar as an undergraduate.