Who is Nabiya B, the Brazilian daughter of the Brazilian reggae icon who shined in Hollywood and grew up on the stages of Bahia?

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Nabiya, 30, is already occupying a space of her own on the international stage. The daughter of a Brazilian mother and one of the biggest names in Jamaican music, she grew up surrounded by world tours, historical soundtracks and the cultural frenzy of Bahia. It was in theater and music specifically that he found his artistic identity – a path that today takes on a new meaning with the death of his father.

Prophet’s relationship with theater began early. She was 5 years old when she first took to the stage, and by 7, she was accompanying Jimmy Cliff on world tours.

– It was a way to keep the family together – she said in 2023, in an interview with Globo.

During a show, as a child, he ran onto the stage and didn’t want to leave. He ended up winning the right to sing an entire song: “Me Abra e Me Beija” by Lazzo Matumbi. From then on, his name began appearing in his father’s performances, splitting verses between English and Portuguese. She also sang with Marguerite Menezes when she was young – and more than 20 years later, they met again in the studio to record the song “Querera”, from the album Autêntica.

Although she grew up on her father’s tour buses, Nabiya always stresses that her adolescence in El Salvador was “very colorful”, marked by coexistence, cultural exchange and direct contact with local music. He took up theater at the age of 11 and never stopped.

At the age of 18, he moved to the United States to study in New York. There, immerse yourself in the off-Broadway circuit, immersive theatre, great musicals and Brazilian music bars.

— In the theater, I realized that I could cry without anyone knowing why. It was liberating.

In 2018, Nabiya made her influential film debut: playing Linda, the villain in Black Panther (2018), Marvel’s first blockbuster film starring a black superhero. After that, she gained greater fame as Simone Jackson, in the Prime Video series “Daisy Jones & The Six”, based on the best-selling book by Taylor Jenkins Reed.

In the plot, Simon is the protagonist’s best friend, a pioneer of disco music and a character who symbolizes resistance, identity and renewal, themes that resonate in Nabiya’s character story.

The artist grew up surrounded by multiple influences: the daughter of a Jamaican father and a mother from São Paulo, she was baptized as a Muslim and spent her childhood in the ayahuasca community.

– It took me some time to understand who I am. Today I honor every part of my story.