Jaten Dimsdale, known by his stage name Teddy Swims, was born and grew up in the eastern Atlanta suburb of Conyers.
Dimsdale' grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher whose teachings are at the "core of everything" he does. "He's put like a covering over our entire family of work ethic, of morality, of just how to be a person and how to be who you stand for," Dimsdale told Wbur. "He's never been a hypocrite. You know, that man, when he was alive, was the real, real deal."
Dimsdale came from a football family and didn't start taking singing seriously until he discovered musical theater in 10th grade.
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