Proudly repping his hometown then and now, Scripps News caught up with "American Idol" Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard in Birmingham ... has made its way into the top 20 on the Billboard Charts.

It's not often you get to sit in a room with so much talent, but WVTM 13's Guy Rawlings recently sat down with singer Ruben Studdard and ... singing Luther Vandross songs backed up by the Alabama ...