Nikki D

Nichelle Dayveena Strong^[2] (born September 10, 1968^[3]), known by her stage name Nikki D is an American rapper.^[4]

Nikki D
Birth name	Nichelle Dayveena Strong
Born	(1968-09-10) September 10, 1968 (age 56)[1]
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper emcee
Years active	1987–1995
Labels	Def Jam

Career

Strong signed with Def Jam in 1989 and released her debut single "Lettin' Off Steam" the following year. It was produced by Sam Sever. The single's video featured Flavor Flav. In 1991, Strong released the more commercially viable song, "Daddy's Little Girl", which appeared on the Indie film Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. soundtrack, reaching #1 on the US Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart.^[5]

In 1997 she sang "Recondita Armonica" on the concept album The Rapsody Overture.

Prior to releasing "Daddy's Little Girl", Strong was on tour in Europe for a year with fellow R&B artist Alyson Williams. Strong has recorded songs with Moby, Queen Latifah on the Set It Off soundtrack, with Redman for his Muddy Waters album, EPMD, Naughty By Nature, Flavor Unit and Suzanne Vega.^[6]

Discography

Album

• 1991: Daddy's Little Girl (Def Jam) - US R&B #54

Singles

Single	Year	Peak positions						Album
		US Dance [7]	US R&B [8]	US Rap [5]	AUS [9][10]	NZ [11]	UK [12]
"Lettin' Off Steam"	1990	—	—	—	—	—	—	Daddy's Little Girl
"Daddy's Little Girl"	1991	19	31	1	59	34	75
"Hang On Kid"		—	—	—	112	—	—
"Wasted"		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Freak Out"	1993	—	—	20	—	—	—	single only
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.