Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
Neneh Cherry (born 10 March 1964) is a Swedish-born singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster.
Cherry was born in Stockholm, the daughter of Monica "Moki" Cherry (née Karlsson), a Swedish painter and textile artist, and Ahmadu Jah, a Sierra Leonean drummer. Jah was born in Sierra Leone, the son of a chief. He left for Stockholm to study engineering at university.
Cherry's mother married Don Cherry, an American jazz musician, who helped raise her since birth. She took her stepfather's surname.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neneh_Cherry