issue 01
december 2020
Sultry, sensationally soulful, with class and style, Smooth Jazz artist, Jacnique Nina, is back on the scene with soulful ballads and electrifying, emotionally charged songs of empowerment. Jacnique also continues to receive award after award. Ambi’ance Uncut sat down with this beauty for a glass of wine and some easy conversation.
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Jacnique Nina, pronounced (Janeek Ne na) was born and raised in San Francisco, CA and has been in Los Angeles now for a little over eleven years working on her music. She was just recently nominated for six 2020 Los Angeles Black Music Awards, “Best R&B Performer Female ”, “ Best Original Song ” for her song, “ So Says The Fool ”, “ Best Live Performer Female ”, “ Best Neo Soul Artist ”, “ Best Jazz Performer Female ”, and “ Los Angeles Black Music Awards Entertainer of The Year ”. This year she was also named the 2020 Akademia Music
“As much as evil tries to infiltrate our world, love will always prevail. God will always prevail.” —Jacnique Nina Award Winner of the “ Artist Vision Award ”, a special honor bestowed upon artists of exceptional talent, originality and vision in the field of music. She also won the 2020 Akademia Music Award for “ Best Jazz Song ” for her single, “ So Says the Fool ”, as well as the very prestigious “ Executive Award ” to add to a full list of awards during her career.
“I started singing just because I love to sing. When I was a child, my heroes were Diana Ross and Cher and I always felt like, wow, that is exactly what I want to be! However, I had no one around me that was doing that and no idea how to get into the business. So, it became like a little ‘secret dream’ of mine for the longest, until I was in high school. It was then that I met music producer Kenny M and
