Singer Rissi Palmer has had a Grammy acceptance speech ready since she was 12 . Song off her album made her the first black female to hit country charts in 20 years . `` When you 're a child , you react to something that 's familiar and looks like you , '' she told CMT in 2007 . Palmer says her mother always loved country music and she likes telling stories . She tells Atlanta students : ` ` Anything you want to do , you can do it ''
Singer Rissi Palmer has had a Grammy acceptance speech ready since she was 12 . Song off her album made her the first black female to hit country charts in 20 years . Palmer says her mother always loved country music and she likes telling stories . She tells Atlanta students : ` ` Anything you want to do , you can do it ''