KINGNA SCOTT'S STORY IS A TALE OF RECONCILIATION AND RESILIENCE, SHE'S NOT LET HOMELESSNESS, HOMOPHOBIA OR BRAIN TRAUMA STOP HER FROM PURSUING HER PASSION FOR MUSIC AND BEING HER AUTHENTIC SELF.

THIS FARMVILLE NAVAL HAS SHARED A STAGE WITH CHRISETTE MICHELE, TREY SONGZ AND J. COLE AND WALE.

AND AFTER TAKING A BREAK, FROM PERFORMING TO HEAL FROM AN ACCIDENT, SHE'S PREPARING FOR A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BOOST HER CAREER WITH A TRIP TO LONDON.

♪♪ >> I WAS DOWNTOWN WATCHING A LIVE BAND AND FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER, I WALK OUTSIDE AND SAID, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK AND I RUN PLACES, THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN DOING SINCEIS A KID.

I RAN THROUGH A ALLEY AND THERE WAS A CHAIN THAT SOMEONE TIED TOO HIGH, SOMEONE SAID IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS EARN CUT BY A SUPERHERO.

AND LANDED IN THE AIR AND HAVE TWO SKULL FRACTURES AND I WAS GIGGING AND I HAD TO STOP AND I WAS IN A COMA AND OUT FOR FOUR DAYS AND WHEN MY BRAIN STARTED FEELING BETTER AND MY HEADACHES WENT AWAY AFTER THREE MONTHS AND I'M TRYING TO PLAY THE GUITAR, IT DON'T EVEN FEEL THE SAME.

I HAD DAMAGE TO MY LEFT BRAIN.

SO MY CREATE I SIDE WAS AFFECTED -- CREATIVE SIDE WAS AFFECTED AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT, BUT EVERY DAY, I'M REMINDED THAT I HAVE BRAIN DAMAGE.

THAT'S WHAT IS SCARING ME ABOUT LOSING FAITH, LOSING INTEREST IN MUSIC.

I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUS THINGS HAPPENING AND IT'S SCARING ME.

IF I DON'T TRY, HE'S GOING TO CURSE ME FOREVER.

YEAH, BACK IN THE DAY!

TELL THEM HOW USED TO SING, Y'ALL.

♪ OH, I USED TO SING BACK IN THE DAY."

R KUWAIT R ?, QOUTE ?, I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT KIND OF PERSON, I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT KIND OF LADY.

♪♪ OK.

THIS IS HOW I DO A SONG I DO.

I'M NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO MYSELF BEBOP.

I HEAR THE BASS LINE, THE DRUM, THE GUITAR, THE PIANO.

I GO WITH SOMETHING SIMPLE AND DO IT OVER AND OWE, BECAUSE MUSIC IS LIKE MEDITATION, WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT, YOU REPEATING ALL OF THIS STUFF, THIS MEDITATION WILL PUT YOU IN A ZONE AND EVENTUALLY ALL OF THE OTHER IDEAS START POURING IN.

I DON'T LIKE TO CONFINE MYSELF TO ONE THING.

IF I DO MUSIC, I WANT TO DO MUSIC IN EVERY WAY.

♪♪ MUSIC AND ME IS GENETIC.

IT COME FROM MY FATHER'S SIDE.

THE MUSIC, I STARTED TAKING IT SERIOUSLY AFTER I SANG MY FIRST SOLO, I WAS THREE.

I REMEMBER THE SONG, WANT ME TO SING IT.

TESTING ONE, TWO, THREE.

[LAUGHTER] I WAS SO -- IT GOES -- ♪ HALLELUJAH ♪ ♪ HALL LIEUA I HAD LIKE CHURCHES SINGING THIS SONG AND AFTER THAT, I GOT A TASTE, I WANT TO DO THIS, I WANT TO PERFORM SO I STARTED LEARNING SONGS AND SINGING EVERYWHERE AND I GOT ON A DRUM SET THAT SAME YEAR.

YEA!

AND THEN ONE OF THE CHOIR MEN CAME DOWN AND LIKE THE ROYAL SUPREMES.

HOLD ON LITTLE GIRL, I COULDN'T SEE YOU OVER THE DRUMSTICKS.

WHERE IS YOUR MAMA.

WENT AND FOUND MY MAMA.

THIS LITTLE GIRL IS A MUSICIAN, I'LL TRAIN HER AND MAKE SOME MONEY.

MY MOM GRABBED ME BY THE ARMS AND DRAGGED ME UP THE AISLE AND TOOK ME OUT OF THE CHURCH.

THAT WAS MY FIRST MEMORY OF HER RESPONDING TO ME AS A MUSICIAN.

THE MUSIC, I THINK IN HER MIND, SHE THOUGHT IT WAS REBELLING.

TRYING TO -- I KNOW WHO MY FATHER IS DESPITE THE ATTEMPTS OF KEEPING HIS IDENTITY FROM ME BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIM.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT, I NEED TO PLAY THIS.

IT WAS LIKE IT -- LIKE DRUGS.

HE CAME TO ONE OF MY SHOWS AND HASN'T BEEN THE SAME YET.

MAYBE THAT, NEVER RESPECTED ME AS A MUSICIAN, SO MAYBE THAT PLAYS A PART IN ACCEPTING ME NOW.

LET'S MAKE SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS CRAZY.

I'VE ALWAYS PRAYED ABOUT MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY MOTHER AND I STARTED WHEN I WAS 15 YEARS OLD.

THAT'S WHEN I STARTED TO REALIZE MY LACK OF SUCCESSFUL INTEREST IN GUYS -- SEXUAL INTEREST IN GUYS AND IT WAS LIKE A UH-OH MOMENT.

WHAT REALLY MADE ME WANT TO EXHALE.

SEE ME -- AND RELEASE IT, I SAW ON TV, THAT STRESS CAUSES CANCER.

THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT MADE ME START TELLING PEOPLE.

I'M NOT LYING.

I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, STRESSED OUT ABOUT THIS, I'M SITTING THERE, AND LIKE, STRESS CAUSES CANCER AND I STARTED FEELING STRESS QUESTION I WAS 13, I'M GOING TO HAVE CANCER WHEN I'M 23.

I STARTED REMOTELY FLIRTING, SAYING FLIRTY THINGS JUST TO SEE HOW CHICKS WOULD RECEIVE IT.

SOME GIRLS THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY.

AND SOME, DON'T PLAY WITH ME LIKE THAT.

OK, I'LL LEAVE YOU ALONE.

I WAS NEVER REALLY IN THE CLOSET, I DECIDED TO EASE INTO IT AND BY HIGH SCHOOL, IT WAS LIKE, PRETTY MUCH GUYS KNEW IF THEY WANTED TO DATE ME, I PROBABLY WOULD -- PRETTY MUCH I COULDN'T TAKE IT.

I HAD TO SHUT MY MOM OFF, I STAY IN AND OUT, MAYBE I'D ANSWER THE PHONE AFTER ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND THEN THE CONVERSATION WOULD LAST FOR 30 SECONDS TO FIVE MINUTES.

AND UNTIL SHE SAID SOMETHING.

THAT BRINGS ME TO TEARS.

♪♪ IF ANYONE WAS AROUND ME AT THE TIME, THEY'D BE LIKE, OH, SHE'S ON THE PHONE WITH HER MOM.

THEY WOULD KNOW IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I WALK OUT OF THE ROOM AND THEN YELLING AND CRYING, BECAUSE NO ONE'S BROUGHT ME TO 0 THAT POINT.

THAT HAPPENED FOR ABOUT THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS IN COLLEGE AND EVENTUALLY, SHE CAME AROUND.

KEPT HANGING UP -- WHEN I CUT HER OFF, THAT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

MY CHURCH, I THINK THEY HAD A PART IN MY MOM CHANGING.

MY CHURCH, THEY LOVED ME FOR ME, NEVER MADE ME FEEL BAD ABOUT WHO I WAS.

THEY SAID A LOT OF THAT THAT'S JUST KINGNA.

JUST KINGNA.

AND I NOTICED THAT I FELT AND UNDERSTOOD THAT EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE, THAT'S JUST KINGNA.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A CHURCH.

IT COULD BE JUST OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, ASKING THEM TO STAND UP FOR YOU, THAT'S WHAT MY FAMILY DID FOR ME.

THAT MADE MY MOM CHANGE.

I DID HAVE GONE TO MUSIC FOR THERAPY BUT COME TO FIND IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME UNLESS I'M MAKING IT.

SAY, I'M WRITING A SONG, ANGRY AND -- AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I -- THE SONG, THE CHORUS OR BRIDGE AND THAT SONG CHANGES YOUR MIND, YOUR MIND.

IT REALLY MADE ME REALIZE THE THINGS I'M GOING THROUGH, BUT YOU PUT THE HOPE IN THE SONG, YOU IMPLANT THE HOPE IN THE SONG.

♪♪ AND NOW I KNOW, JOY FOR ALL OF ME.

♪♪ >> Amy: TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT KINGNA, FOLLOW HER AT INSTAGRAM @THELEVEL12.