Niykee Heaton

About

Nicolet Aleta Heaton (born December 4, 1994), known professionally as Niykee Heaton, is an American singer-songwriter. She was discovered through her YouTube channel after uploading acoustic guitar covers of contemporary hits, most notably hip hop songs, that went viral. In 2014, Heaton released her debut single “Bad Intentions” and an extended play of the same name. The single charted on Billboard and became gold-certified by the RIAA.
Heaton embarked on her first headlining concert tour, The Bedroom Tour, in late 2015, and released the similarly titled mixtape, The Bedroom Tour Playlist, in March 2016. The mixtape compiled remastered material she had previously shared online for free streaming and debuted for her live shows during the tour. Her follow-up EP, Starting Over, was released in 2018 through Capitol Records.

Nicolet Aleta Heaton was born on December 4, 1994, in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Geneva, Illinois, but she has noted she has a stronger connection to the time she spent in her mother’s South Africa, though she spent little time there. In actuality, she spent most of her time in the aforementioned Geneva, Illinois.
After writing her first song…