SZA

SZA in 2016, photo by Debby Wong/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Solána Imani Rowe

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Date of Birth: November 8, 1989

Ethnicity: African-American

SZA is an American R&B singer and songwriter. She is known for the songs “All the Stars,” “Hit Different,” “Good Days,” “I Hate U,” “No Love,” “Shirt,” “Nobody Gets Me,” “Kill Bill,” and “Snooze,” and, in a featured role, “What Lovers Do,” “Consideration,” and “Kiss Me More.” She co-wrote the song “Feeling Myself.” She is also credited as Solána Rowe.

SZA was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and later moved to Maplewood, New Jersey. Her father worked at CNN and her mother at AT&T. Her father is Muslim and her mother is Christian, and she was raised Muslim. Her brother is rapper Manhattan. She took her stage name from Islam’s Supreme Alphabet. SZA is short for either “Sovereign” or “Savior” and “Zig-Zag Allah.”

She has said that a DNA test also showed her to have Irish and Polynesian ancestry.

Source: http://www.complex.com

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