Facts: - website: -lsb- http://www.myspace.com/alamtela myspace profile -rsb- - years active: 2006 -- present - birth name: ayala ingedashet - origin: ethiopia - genre: pop , israeli , soul , r & b - birth date: 21 august 1978 - name: ayala ingedashet - background: solo_singer - label: hed arzi music - occupation: singer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ayala ingedashet .
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ayala ingedashet -lrb- ; born august 21 , 1978 -rrb- is an ethiopian singer .she was born in ethiopia and lived in israel from the age of two .at the age of 14 she joined a youth band in ashdod and in the military she was part of a navy band .her musical influences included erykah badu and lauryn hill .she was signed by israeli record label hed arzi , becoming the first ethiopian-born israeli singer with a major-label deal .she has since achieved popularity and is performing with acts like ehud banai , mosh ben-ari , jill scott , and macy gray .her debut self-titled album came out in march 2007 .today she is considered to be perhaps second only to cabra casay amongst mainstream ethiopian israeli singers , having had a successful album by a major label , as well as having performed the israeli national anthem at the opening of the 2009 maccabiah games .