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Less than two year ago, Lemar Obika’s hopes of making it as a singer seemed to be dead in the water. Having actually achieved his ambition of securing a record deal with a major record label, the twenty five year old singer’s dream suddenly turned to dust when, before even getting a record out, his contract was cancelled: a victim of internal changes at the label. This was a cruel blow for the twenty five year old Tottenham born singer who had spent nearly seven years building his reputation on the London R&B scene: performing alongside the likes of Destiny's Child and Usher along the way. Reluctantly, Lemar returned to his old day job as an accounts manager at the Nat West Bank and weighed up his options. Chief amongst these was a return to full time education: the singer having earlier turned down a place to study Pharmacy at Cardiff University in favour of pursuing his singing career. As it turned out, however, fate was to have different plans in store for him. "I'...