Nídia Sukulbembe produces energetic, polyrhythmic dance tracks informed by Afro-Portuguese styles such as kuduro, batida, and tarraxinha, while they maintain a distinct character all their own. She was born to Cape Verdean and Guinea Bissauan parents and raised in Vale de Amoreira, Portugal. She moved to Bordeaux, France in 2011, at the age of 14, and began producing music under the name Nídia Minaj. Over the course of the next few years, her eclectic, exciting tracks, primarily uploaded to her SoundCloud page, made waves throughout the dance music underground, and her debut album, Estúdio da Mana, was released digitally. In 2017, Nídia released Nídia é Má, Nídia é Fudida ("Nídia Is Bad, Nídia Is Dope"), her first full-length. ~ Paul Simpson