Kanita Suma was born on 26 July 2001 into an Albanian family in the city of Skopje, Macedonia.
[1][2] Suma rose to prominence as she auditioned for the second season of X Factor Albania in 2012 finishing in the fourth place.
[4][5] In October 2019, the Albanian broadcaster, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), announced that Suma would compete in the 58th edition of Festivali i Këngës, the country's national selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, with the song "Ankth".
[6][7] In the semi-finals, she failed to qualify for the grand final of Festivali i Këngës.
In January 2020, "Fllad" was released and went on to reach number seventy eight in Albania.