10 Things You Should Know About Nneka

Get familiar with the rising international star.

10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - The talented, very beautiful Nneka is the latest BET Music Matters artist to hit the 106 & Park stage. Click on to get to know the multi-talented singer.(Photo: Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

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10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - The talented, very beautiful Nneka is the latest BET Music Matters artist to hit the 106 & Park stage. Click on to get to know the multi-talented singer.(Photo: Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - Her name means “her mother is supreme” in Igbo.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - Her name means “her mother is supreme” in Igbo.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - In November 2009 Nneka had her first concert tour of the United States where she performed shows in New York City, Vienna (Washington, D.C.), Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and San Francisco. She also was a special guest at The Roots Jam session.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - In November 2009 Nneka had her first concert tour of the United States where she performed shows in New York City, Vienna (Washington, D.C.), Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and San Francisco. She also was a special guest at The Roots Jam session.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)

10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - At the age of 18, she went to college in Hamburg, Germany for 2 years to pursue a career in singing alongside a degree in anthropology.(Photo: Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

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10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - At the age of 18, she went to college in Hamburg, Germany for 2 years to pursue a career in singing alongside a degree in anthropology.(Photo: Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - The British media said her first album, Victim of Truth, was as good as Lauryn Hill’s Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.(Photo: Epic Records)

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10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - The British media said her first album, Victim of Truth, was as good as Lauryn Hill’s Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.(Photo: Epic Records)

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10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - Concrete Jungle is her first U.S. album.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - Concrete Jungle is her first U.S. album.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)

10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - She’s the daughter of a Nigerian father and a German mother. She was born in Warri, Oil City in the Delta region of Nigeria at the height of its new found wealth in the mid '70s. (Photo: Epic Records)

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10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - She’s the daughter of a Nigerian father and a German mother. She was born in Warri, Oil City in the Delta region of Nigeria at the height of its new found wealth in the mid '70s. (Photo: Epic Records)

10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - Nneka now lives in both Lagos and Hamburg.(Photo: Epic Records)

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10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - Nneka now lives in both Lagos and Hamburg.(Photo: Epic Records)

10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - She sings in both Igbo and English.  Igbo is the native language of the Igbo people located in southeastern Nigeria. There are about 20 million people who speak it.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - She sings in both Igbo and English.  Igbo is the native language of the Igbo people located in southeastern Nigeria. There are about 20 million people who speak it.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)

10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - Nneka started singing from an earlier age in her school and in the church choir.(Photo: Epic Records)

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10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - Nneka started singing from an earlier age in her school and in the church choir.(Photo: Epic Records)

10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - Even though Nneka sings more than raps, she says hip hop is her primary musical root and source of inspiration. She cites artists such as Fela Kuti and Bob Marley as well as contemporary rappers Black Thought, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Lauryn Hill as key influences.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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10 Things You Should Know About Nneka - Even though Nneka sings more than raps, she says hip hop is her primary musical root and source of inspiration. She cites artists such as Fela Kuti and Bob Marley as well as contemporary rappers Black Thought, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Lauryn Hill as key influences.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)