Nina Simone Smith is the daughter of LL Cool J and his wife Simone Smith. Nina’s father is an American rapper, record producer, and actor from Queens, New York. With the breakthrough success of his single “I Need a Beat” and the Radio LP, LL Cool J became an early hip-hop act to achieve mainstream success along with Kurtis Blow and Run-DMC.
Nina Simone Smith: Profile Summary
| Full Name | Nina Simone Smith |
| Nick name | Ninabandzz |
| Famous as | daughter of LL Cool J |
| Age | 21 years as of 2021 |
| Date of Birth | August 9, 2000 |
| Place of Birth | United States of America |
| Birth sign | Leo |
| Parents | Father- LL Cool j Mother – Simone Smith |
| Siblings | 3 Siblings- Samaria Leah Wisdom Smith, Najee Laurent Todd Eugene Smith and, Italia Anita Maria Smith |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Black |
Who is Nina Simone Smith?
Born on August 8, 2000, Nina is one of the four children that the Hollywood star and his jewelry designer wife have. Her siblings are brother Najee and sisters Italia and Samaria. Nima is 21 years old as of 2021, her birth sign is a Leo.
Nina Simone is the Third and last child of the rapper and his wife. She followed in her father’s footsteps and became a talented singer with a beautiful voice. LL Cool J’s daughter Nina Simone Smith is also known on social media and stage as Ninabandzz.
Nina Simone Smith followed in her father’s footsteps and became a talented singer with a beautiful voice. Her mother, Simone is also known for her work on Entertainment Tonight (1981), E! Live from the Red Carpet (1995) and The Mo’Nique Show (2009).
Nina Simone Smith’s parents got married in 1994 after eight years of dating, which was 5 years after her birth. The parents have been together since. They have been married for 27 years.
In 2004, Simone, Nina Simone’s mother was diagnosed with stage 3 chondrosarcoma, a rare bone cancer. Her mother’s cancer treatment involved a 15-hour surgery to replace the bone followed by intense rehabilitation. Throughout the treatment, Nina, her siblins, and her father remained by their mother’s side.
Nina’s mother is now cancer-free for 15 years and counting. The family joined forces with the American Cancer Society for their campaign, “Beat Cancer Like a Boss” in 2019.
The campaign aims to empower women to lean onto their support system. Nina Simone Smith’s mother Simone shared her journey with the ACS and thanked her friends and family for their unwavering support when she was battling the deadly disease.
Nina Simone Smith’s Debut Song
Probably encouraged by her rapper father, Nina surprised her Instagram followers on her 19th birthday by posting a short video of her first single “Call Me.” In the caption, she asked people to check the link in her bio and get to the YouTube video. Adopting the stage name Ninabandzz, well she got a good taste.
Ever since she posted it, Nina Simone Smith’s song has been played more than 520,000 times! It’s especially surprising taking into consideration that it was her first song ever.
Although her father is known in the music industry as a top rapper, Nina Simone Smith opted for a different genre: R&B. It was a great choice, though, as her voice is beautiful, and it matches perfectly with the genre.
Apart from that, the video is different from what singers usually post as it tells a story that goes along with the lyrics of the song.
Another surprise explanation for the high number of views for “Call Me” is that her YouTube account was nearly empty before it was released. There were just two videos on LL Cool J’s daughter Ninabandzz’s channel, both of which were Vlogs.
The first, dated April 2019, was a Question-and-Answer video in which she revealed, among other things, that she is from Long Island, New York, but now lives with her family in Los Angeles.
Nina Simone Smith also said that growing up with a famous father was not difficult for her because both LL Cool J and his wife Simone Smith made sure to give their children a “normal” life. She admitted:
“We got nice things, of course, because we were able to, but it wasn’t overdone. It was more like, ‘get good grades and you could get this.’ Not like, ‘oh, just because you have money, you just could get whatever you want.’ We always had to work for what we had.”
She revealed
Her father, LL Cool J was also a music influence for Nina Symone Smith because, aside from his songs, he acted as a mentor to her, offering her advice on the music industry that not everyone is privileged to have at the start of their careers.
Nina and her friend Alexis made a cake while blindfolded in the second video, which was posted in June 2019. She seems to be a fun girl.
Wondering how this celebrity kid grew up not getting her self som much into trouble here and there like others do? Maybe the answer is in the type of parenting she and her siblings had.
During an interview with “Oprah’s Master Class” back in 2017, Nina’s father, LL Cool J pointed out that he didn’t like to put pressure on his children, but he was not raising spoiled kids either. He said:
“I’m not going to raise spoiled kids that just don’t know what the real world is like, who think they don’t have to do anything to contribute. Because that’s almost like stealing someone’s soul.”
Nina Simone Smith’s parents, Simone Smith and LL Cool J have been married since 1995, and they’ve managed to keep their marriage intact and healthy for almost two decades in Hollywood, which is something that not many people can do.
Their relationship, on the other hand, has lasted far longer. The pair first met while they were both adolescents in 1987. They eventually married after an eight-year relationship.
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