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Ajii Hafeez<\/strong> has impressed judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan<\/strong> and Lionel Richie<\/strong> on season 22 of American Idol<\/em><\/a>. After his top 24 performance, he\u2019s now relying on votes from viewers to make it to the top 20. Who is the singer?<\/p>\n Ajii is one of the season 22 contestants on American Idol<\/em>. He was 27 years old during his time competing<\/a> on the ABC singing competition show.<\/p>\n Although Ajii auditioned for the show in Los Angeles, he lives in Brooklyn, New York, and works as security at the front desk of a nursing home. \u201cI just protect the building, basically,\u201d he explained during his audition. \u201cI love everybody there. My coworkers got me to do this [show].\u201d<\/p>\n Ajii explained that he works the night shift at his job and one of his colleagues heard him singing in the hallways every evening. \u201cShe\u2019s like, \u2018Dude, what are you doing here?\u2019\u201d he recalled, while also crediting his hometown of Brooklyn with getting him into music.<\/p>\n \u201cGrowing up in Brooklyn, you\u2019re exposed to so many genres of music,\u201d Ajii revealed. \u201cMy family didn\u2019t have the means to go to music school or anything like that, so my hometown was my teacher. Everyone is a musician or an artist. Being surrounded by it made me keep doing what I\u2019m doing now.\u201d<\/p>\nWho is Ajii on \u2018American Idol\u2019?<\/h2>\n