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Haley Smalls is a Toronto-born R&B singer-songwriter and self-taught recording engineer whose music lives at the intersection of nostalgic R&B, touches of hip-hop, subtle synthwave, and traces of Caribbean — shaped equally by classical vocal training and an uncompromising sense of artistic identity. Raised in Toronto by a Bajan father and European-Canadian motherk, Haley was recognized as a prodigy early: her parents enrolled her in vocal lessons after a neighbor heard her singing and alerted them to her gift, and she was recording in professional studios by the time she was twelve. By 18, she had taught herself audio engineering — “The best gift I could have given myself,” she’s said — so that she would never have to rely on anyone else for her sound. After years of navigating the music industry’s pressures to conform, Haley found her footing as an independent artist — a decision that has defined her career. A pivotal early moment came in 2014, when Beyoncé shared Haley’s YouTube cove
