| Intro | Rapper |
| Is | Rapper |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Music |
| Gender | female |
Nichelle “Nikki D” Strong (born September 10, 1968) is an American female rapper. Nikki D was the first female rapper signed by Def Jam Recordings.
Career
She signed with Def Jam in 1989, and released her debut single “Lettin’ Off Steam” the same year. It was produced by Sam Sever. The single’s video featured Flavor Flav. Later Nikki D released the more commercially acceptable song, “Daddy’s Little Girl” some two years later, which reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart.
Prior to releasing “Daddy’s Little Girl”, Nikki D was on tour in Europe for a year with fellow R&B artist Alyson Williams. Nikki D 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.
In 1998, Nikki D became the vice president of A&R at Flavor Unit Records, a position she held for two years. Today she is the marketing manager at “Phat Fashions”, the apparel company that houses Phat Farm, Baby Phat, and Atman.
Discography
Album
- 1991: Daddy’s Little Girl (Def Jam) – US R&B #54
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance |
US R&B |
US Rap |
AUS | NZ | UK | ||||||
| 1990 | “Lettin’ Off Steam” | — | — | — | — | — | — | Daddy’s Little Girl | |||
| 1991 | “Daddy’s Little Girl” | 19 | 31 | 1 | 59 | 34 | 75 | ||||
| “Hang On Kid” | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| “Wasted” | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1993 | “Freak Out” | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | single only | |||
| “—” denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||