2000-2003: music beginnings and Nivea
She appeared on Mystikal's 2000 single "Danger (Been So Long)". Her debut solo single, "Don't Mess with the Radio", followed in 2001. In 2002 she released her second single in the U.S., "Don't Mess With My Man" featuring Brian and Brandon Casey: (of R&B group Jagged Edge), which peaked at number eight on U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 2002.
Nivea's self-titled debut album was released on December 10, 2002. The album reached the Top 100 of the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. In 2003, "Don't Mess with the radio" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.[1] Nivea's third single "Laundromat" featured singer R. Kelly. The following singles, "Ya Ya Ya" (a collaboration with Lil Wayne) and "25 Reasons", were sent to radio.
2004-2005: Complicated
In 2004, she released the Lil Jon-produced single "Okay". The music video for Okay featured the artist YoungbloodZ and Lil Jon who were also featured on the song. In May 2005 she released her second album Complicated. A second single, "Parking Lot" was released shortly before she got pregnant with her first child. Jive Records subsequently dropped promotion for the project, although she appeared on Soul Train the following year. Nivea soon left Jive Records.2006-2009: Animalistic
In 2006, Nivea signed a new contract with Formula Records and released her third album Animalistic on November 15, 2006 in Japan. The album was primarily produced by her then-husband, The-Dream. The album's first & sole single off the album was "Watch It". A US release of Animalistic was planned to be released in 2007 but plans got scrapped. Soon after in 07', Nivea was "in talks" to sign with Capitol Records but plans were not put into use.
2010-present: Mixtape Album/Purple Heart
As of 2010, she's at work on her fourth studio album, tentatively titled Purple Heart as well as a mixtape titled Nivea Undercover. A buzz single/video, "Love Hurts" was released in Spring 2010 and she is currently set to release another single, "Stronger Than Pride" in August 2010. She also appeared on the remix version of "Say Something" by Rasheeda. While doing an audio interview with Sugar Mafia Swag, Nivea confirmed that Purple Heart will be pushed back until sometime around the top of 2011.


Hamilton was born in Savannah, Georgia, the youngest of three sisters. She sang in a church choir and admired the music of Mariah Carey.
Nivea married R&B singer and producer Terius "The-Dream" Nash in 2004. Their daughter Navy Talia was born on May 10, 2005, and twin boys named Chris and London in 2006.[4] The couple divorced in 2007. Nash stated in an interview, "I decided to end it because I didn't want to take this person [Nivea] and treat them a certain way based off of what I was changing into, based off of being bitter".Nivea was engaged to her on again off again boyfriend rapper Lil Wayne. On November 30, 2009, Nivea gave birth to her and Wayne`s son, Neal Carter.

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