1/2/2024 0 Comments The hitmaker poducerNija’s latest release is the Don’ t Say I Didn’ t Warn You EP. “A more rhythmic sound where I’m bringing all these genres together.” As for her sound today… “It’s R&B foundation with rhythmic and hip-hop, rap melodies,” she says. Nija cites Usher, Chris Brown, Beyonce, Drake, and Kanye as her favorite producers and rappers growing up. “ Invasion of Privacy was such a big album at that time, and that was her debut album, so for me to have two really big songs on there, especially when ‘Ring’ ended up becoming the single, it really going crazy – that was really my big break.” She had another credit on Cardi’s smash Invasion of Privacy album, with “I Do,” too. Nija’s big break came when she got a songwriting credit on Cardi B’s hit single “Ring” (using her full name Nija Charles). That was when I was like, ‘OK, this could really become a career.” Everything started moving with the songwriting stuff-it actually happened by accident. The next level of me really taking it seriously was when I was 18 or 19, and I had to figure out if I was going to stay in school or not. “But I really started taking it seriously when I was 16, because that’s when I started looking at colleges and schools, and really trying to figure out what I wanted to do and go to school for. “It was my hobby, and it was something I would do on the side, after school,” she says. New Jersey-born, L.A.-based singer and songwriter Nija was just 13 years old when she started life as a producer, making beats in her bedroom.
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