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Portrait of Lesti Kejora Flooded with Tears While Paying Tribute to Hamdan ATT, Who Became a Mentor for Her at D'Academy

Portrait of Lesti Kejora Flooded with Tears While Paying Tribute to Hamdan ATT, Who Became a Mentor for Her at D'Academy

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Portrait of Lesti Kejora Flooded with Tears While Paying Tribute to Hamdan ATT, Who Became a Mentor for Her at D'Academy

Hamdan ATT passed away at the age of 76 on Tuesday (01/07). This brought deep sorrow to Lesti Kejora, the successor of the late legend's works in the Indonesian dangdut scene.

A year before his passing, Lesti Kejora expressed her gratitude to the dangdut legend while shedding tears. At that time, Hamdan ATT was attending the 1-decade celebration of D'Academy Indosiar while sitting in a wheelchair due to a stroke he had suffered since 2017.

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Initially, Rizky Billar's wife reminisced about the messages given by Hamdan ATT while she was still struggling in the D'Academy dormitory. As is known, Hamdan ATT was once a vocal coach for the participants of the early season of D'Academy. 

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"What Dede (Lesti) still remembers and uses until now, during her time in the dormitory, Father would always teach in the morning. Father always said, 'Lesti, when you sing, don't make it strange. Just sing from the heart, so that the people who listen to you will be enchanted by your performance,'" Lesti said while crying.

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At the beginning of her struggle as a dangdut singer, Rizky Billar's wife felt she did not have any more ability compared to other participants. However, the late one always gave her encouragement and confidence.

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"Dede held on to it because Dede felt at that time Dede did not have the same abilities as the other participants, but Ayah Hamdan encouraged Dede to, 'you can do it, just sing from the heart'," he continued.

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Lesti Kejora then expressed her gratitude to Hamdan ATT, who is considered to have nurtured her to become one of the top dangdut singers in the country, very popular.

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"Thank you, Ayah, at the time Lesti was struggling in the first Dangdut Academy with Lesti's lack of experience and knowledge in singing dangdut. Thank you, Ayah, for raising Lesti to become a great singer known by many people," said Lesti Kejora while shedding tears. 

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Now, after Hamdan ATT has passed away, Lesti Kejora also uploaded a photo along with a message of condolence on her IG Story. In her post, Lesti Kejora mentioned that she would never forget Hamdan ATT's advice.