Deaf Singer ALI Stuns the Judges on ‘The Voice’ With a Soulful Take on “Killing Me Softly”

ALI walked onto The Voice stage for Season 23’s blind auditions and delivered a performance of “Killing Me Softly with His Song” that stopped the room cold. Then she revealed she was born deaf and wears two hearing aids, and the room got even quieter. Kelly Clarkson and Chance the Rapper both turned their chairs. ALI chose Clarkson as her coach, a full-circle moment for a singer who grew up in Walnut, California listening to Clarkson songs her uncle burned onto CDs for her.