Virginia “NIA” Mahotiere was born and raised in Miami, FL. She began singing since she was an infant. NIA grew up to the sounds of her mother’s vinyl’s ranging from the Temptations, Marvin Gay, The Jackson 5, The Gap Band, Skah Shah and Coup Kloue. These American, Haitian, French and International singers and bands has guided NIA to her musically worldwide journey. Her musical influences sparked a determination in NIA at a very young age and propelled her towards stardom. NIA began to evolve in music by joining a girl group and produced a song that was played at local radio stations in Miami.
Shortly after her experience with the girl group, NIA decided to move to New York where she joined a well established Haitian musical group, Zin, where she “to sing lead in the band. It was in NYC NIA connected with the production company, Minkah Inc. Together, NIA and Minkah Inc., worked diligently on an R&B demo that landed NIA an audition at Sony Records, with Ron Grant. Although, NIA was not signed this fueled even more her desire to sing. She decided to continue to be part of the Zin to hone her skills as and singer and performer
After being in Haitian Music Industry for 9 years, NIA has decided to branch out by working on her solo project. She is currently in the process of releasing her single “We Can’t be more than friends”
NIA has traveled the entire French Antilles, France, and the Ivory Coast and for past several years has performed at the “Haitian Compas Festival” in her hometown Miami, Fl.
