Nikita Kering Biography
| Full Names: | Nikita Chepchumba Kering’ |
| Known as: | Nikita |
| Date of Birth: | 26th February 2002 |
| Age: | 20 Years Old |
| Place of Birth: | Nairobi: Kenya |
| Place of Growth: | Nairobi: Kenya |
| Profession: | Musician, Songwriter, Performer |
Nikita Kering Family
Nikita Kering’s father is known as Joseph Kering while her mother is known as Anne Kering.
She is the 4th born (2nd Daughter) of 5 siblings. (3 boys and 2 girls)
Nikita Kering Education
Nikita attended Riara Springs Academy from 2006 to 2011 located in Nairobi – Kenya.
She then participated in Kilimani Junior Academy from 2011 to 2012 located in Nairobi – Kenya.
She later attended Nairobi Academy from 2013 to 2016 located in Nairobi – Kenya. It uses the IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) system.
Nikita Kering then got a scholarship to study at Brookhouse International School also under the IGCSE system where she did a diploma course in business and technology in music from 2017 to 2020.
She later graduated from the institution in June of 2020
She has already applied to Join Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts – USA.
It’s the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world.
She plans to join the college at a future date.
Nikita Kering Music Journey
Nikita Kering started singing at the tender age of 3.
She curtain-raised during the launch of Gospel Singer Emmy Kosgei’s album.
It was held at the CITAM – Nairobi Pentecostal Church in Valley Road – Nairobi: Kenya.
She was her music mentor from the age of 7 years old to 12 years old.
Nikita Kering then started her music professionally in 2018 at 16 years old.
That was when she released her first single ‘Happy With You‘
She said it took her 25 – 30 minutes to write the whole song.
She then released ‘Tragedy‘ in 2019, an EmPawa project sponsored by Mr. Eazi.
Mr. Eazi also sponsored 99 other upcoming African artists with 3000 US Dollars (Ksh 300,000*) each in music production and video recording.
She then released the following singles;
- Never Let you Go (released in 2020)
- Where You Been (released in 2020)
- Better Than Ever (released in 2020)
- Awesome (released in 2021)
- EP: A Side Of Me
After having been mostly compared to English singer and songwriter; Adele, she decided to release an EP that contains her own sound, ‘The Nikita Kering Sound‘
The EP was released on 28th June 2021 titled ‘A Side Of Me‘,
It was a soulful compilation of her previously released singles, as well as new ones.
The first released single in her album; Ex, has been the most played song in Kenya in Spotify.
It topped the ‘Top 100: Kenya‘ playlist on Apple Music, with all the other singles from the album among the top 100 list.
Nikita Kering is inspired and motivated by artists such as; Bensoul (from Sol Generation), Bien-Aime Baraza (A member of the music group:- Sauti Sol), Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Jennifer Hudson and Joshua Ledet among others.
She plans to start a record label in the future, that’s not about stealing people’s money but about nurturing and guiding artists through the music industry.
She recently released another single titled Last Name on 29th July 2022.
Nikita Kering Coke Studio
Nikita Kering and Khaligraph Jones were chosen to represent Kenya in the Coke Studio Africa 2023.
It was received with both positive and negative feedback from their fellow Kenyan artists as some thought that they deserved the position more than the two while some thought that Nikita Kering and Khaligraph Jones both deserved the position.
On 18th August 2023, Coke Studio Africa released a Remix video of Nikita Kering’s song Ex where Nikita Kering and Khaligraph Jones sang and rapped in the song respectively.
Nikita Kering Awards & Recognition
Nikita Kering then won the Best New Artist award by the Pulse Music Video Award (PMVA) in 2018.
She also won two awards at the AFRIMMA Awards in 2019 namely;
- Best Female Artiste in Eastern Africa
- The revelation of the African Continent.
She became the youngest AFRIMMA award winner at only 17 Years Old.
Other Info.
Nikita Kering’s dream stage to perform in is The Apollo Theatre in New York (NY) – United States and The Mercedes Benz Superdome in Louisiana – United States.
Her favorite food is: Ugali + Spinach + Mursik/Milk + Cream or Naan + butter Chicken Curry (Indian Food).
She listens to a lot of Afrobeats and Dancehall music from artists such as; Rema (Nigeria),
Burna Boy (Nigeria), Shenseea (Jamaica) and Tarrus Riley (Jamaica) among others.
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