Read more Liz Toussaint stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/41469/liz-toussaint.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 03:24:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61925/hip-hop-heck-no-black-singer-embraces-country.htmlEvann Gastaldo<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=218411&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331222415' border='0' />Liz Toussaint is a rising country music star, but her journey was a bit unorthodox: The black singer grew up in Chicago with a hip-hop DJ for a brother and an R&B pianist for an uncle. “You're supposed to be a hip-hop queen,” her brother once told Liz, who sang...Liz Toussaint is shown in a picture from her MySpace page.http://www.newser.com/story/61925/hip-hop-heck-no-black-singer-embraces-country.htmlMon, 15 Jun 2009 12:21:01 CDT