From Halifax to Hollywood Edward Christopher Sheeran was born in February 1991 in Halifax, England. His parents, both working for an art consultancy at the time, also had an older son. Constantly being surrounded by art and creatives, Sheeran took an interest in music at a very young age, joining the church choir at the tender age of 4. Soon enough he would start learning the guitar and at the age of 11 was already writing his own songs. Yet his music was an escape for the young boy as he was bullied constantly at school, mainly for his stutter and oversized glasses. In an interview with Q magazine, Sheeran opened up about the setbacks he faced as a child. &quot;I was a weird little ginger kid, with a stutter, big NHS specs and no eardrum,&quot; he said. Sheeran also had a perforated eardrum, which he did not have replaced until he was 11. He was born with a large birthmark on his face that was removed later on by laser surgery. He also dealt with a detached retina, which often gave him the lazy eye effect. Sheeran also suffered from nerve damage as a child during an operation which led to a stutter. His stutter was eventually cured by therapy. Sadly these health issues made him a target at school. Whenever he tried speaking up in class, his mouth would freeze and no words would come out. Other kids were mocking him about this. Soon, he stopped participating and raising his hand at all. Yet these young setbacks would allow the young Sheeran to focus his energies on his music, the one place he felt comfortable. He enjoyed singing in the local church and playing the guitar in his room as this was the only time he felt in control. Naturally, the stigma of being a ginger also didn&#39;t help matters, and Sheeran soon realized that ginger men were generally not seen as attractive, and taking action was the only way forward. Yet Sheeran believes being ginger was what saved him as a musician as he recounted to the Daily Mail, &quot;Being ginger can seem like a bad thing when you are young but as a musician, it has been my saving grace - because if you see a ginger kid on TV and there is only one messy-haired ginger kid who plays guitar, it is very easy to find them on YouTube.&quot;<img src="https://cdn.magzter.com/1633350312/1652081878/articles/huLRPAy8_1654162724417/OR91qRXCe1654163092381.jpg" />Although Sheeran was positive about his appearance, it was his stutter that was proving to be the biggest hurdle. Although attending speech therapy regularly, there was no improvement and the young Sheeran feared that he would stutter for the rest of his life. Then inspiration came from the most unlikeliest of sources. At the American Institute for Stuttering&#39;s Free Voices Changing Lives Benefit Gala in New York City, Sheeran revealed that it was another fellow Grammy winner rapper Eminem - who unknowingly helped Sheeran stop his stutter after a 9-year-old Sheeran&#39;s dad gave him Eminem&#39;s The Marshall Mathers LP CD. &quot;I learned every word of it back to front by the time I was 10,&quot; Sheeran said. &quot;And he raps very fast and very melodically and very percussively and it helped me get rid of the stutter.&quot; Sheeran knew that music was his calling and he had to give it his all to make a living of it. In addition to playing the guitar and writing his own songs, the young pre-teen started performing in various venues. Through sheer determination and undoubtedly bucketloads of talent, Sheeran soon found himself with 12 shows a week. This would continue for the next four years, seeing the young Sheeran playing venue after venue, constantly writing new music and recording and selling his own CD&#39;s. However, a 14-year-old Sheeran was frustrated with the lack of further exposure and made the drastic decision to move to London to pursue what he felt was his destiny. With only his guitar in his one hand and his suitcase full of clothes in the other, Sheeran was ready to take on the world.<img src="https://cdn.magzter.com/1633350312/1652081878/articles/huLRPAy8_1654162724417/0161551065.jpg" />But of course, life is never that simple and Sheeran found out the hard way that the road to stardom is not a smooth ride. More often than not, Sheeran had to sleep on park benches or in the subway if he couldn&#39;t find a kind samaritan to share a couch with. Some nights he would go without food and was on the verge of giving up and going home, but thankfully that never happened. The talented ginger from Halifax would not give up on his dream. In London, he was playing in small venues, producing more of his own music, releasing albums, auditioning, and doing collaborations with singers he met along the way. By the end of 2009, Sheeran had played in more than 300 shows around the London area. Things were going slowly, too slowly for Sheeran and then 2010 arrived and the talented musician proved that he was not just skilled in singing, but also spotting an opportunity before anyone else. At the time social media was not seen as a self-promotional tool for artists, yet Sheeran immediately saw the value in it. He was posting his videos online making sure he had a strong online presence, this trend continued until one of his videos grabbed the attention of rapper Example, who instantly found a liking in his style and made the call to invite the young boy on tour with him. That helped him grow his online presence more and more, and people across the world started tuning in to his YouTube videos. Soon the media started paying attention to the ginger boy with the guitar and the amazing voice, and some big names and newspapers started mentioning him. Things were happening fast and the name and voice of Sheeran was spreading, but once again being the perfectionist that he is, Sheeran knew he had to make another massive step to reaching his dream of stardom. Once again, the young redhead from Halifax packed his bags and moved across the Atlantic for one last big push to superstardom.Los Angeles was his destination, the city where many dreams and nightmares come true. And like many other wannabe stars, he arrived without a record deal in place, making it infinitely harder to make it in a city filled with dreamers. He constantly sent his music to anyone who would listen, yet sadly heard nothing back. The American dream was on the verge of turning into a nightmare, yet once again fortune favored the brave. Sheeran was booked to appear on a show by a local radio host, 12 minutes later, and a few songs in, Sheeran was met with a standing ovation from the audience and crew. But more importantly, he really impressed the host of the day, none other than Jamie Foxx. Foxx was so impressed with the young lad from England that he allowed Sheeran to use his recording studio free of charge, Foxx even let the young boy crash on his couch for a few weeks. Little would the ginger boy from Halifax know that his big break was just around the corner.<img src="https://cdn.magzter.com/1633350312/1652081878/articles/huLRPAy8_1654162724417/5146555101.jpg" />A song that was written and recorded at his newfound friend&#39;s studio allowed Sheeran then time and quality to really flex his musical muscles and the single reached number two on the iTunes charts. Record companies very quickly jumped at the chance to meet with this new boy wonder. Atlantic Records offered the most desirable offer and Sheeran got to work on his very first label debut album. Atlantic Records&#39; gamble on the teenage boy paid off big time as his debut studio album &quot;+&quot; sold over 102 000 copies in a few weeks of release and later in the year hit the golden million sales mark. Sheeran&#39;s debut album would also go on to become the second best-selling debut album in UK history. But the success would not stop there, with successful collaborations with One Direction and Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran quickly became a household name. His sophomore album would soon follow and in 2014 &quot;x&quot; was released and went straight to the number one slot in both the US and UK. Sheeran would go on to win the 2016 Best Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards, along with a slew of accolades from critics and fans alike.<img src="https://cdn.magzter.com/1633350312/1652081878/articles/huLRPAy8_1654162724417/1115115154.jpg" />In less than 7 years, the ginger boy with the lazy eye became arguably the biggest pop star in the world, captivating audiences young and old with his beautiful voice and superb songwriting skills. Ed Sheeran&#39;s life story is one of the modern inspiring tales that can bring back the hope in the starving artist and the unpopular kid. He likes to remember the fact that one of the coolest kids from his school later ended up being his plumber. That&#39;s why he believes in being yourself rather than following the crowd or hiding your differences, and as the boy from Halifax regularly says, &quot;being weird is a wonderful thing&quot;.

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