Marieme Diop was born in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Africa where her father was an executive at a regional electrical company.

When she was six months old, war broke out between that country and Senegal forcing her family to escape leaving behind a comfortable lifestyle and keeping nothing.

Marieme and her siblings lived with her aunt in Senegal, while her parents moved to the Bronx, New York in the United States.

It was in high school when a jazz history class played Billie Holiday that she realized what she wanted to become, and did so with a vocal range of several octaves.

She started writing with producers such as Theron "Neff-U" Feemster, who has worked with Michael Jackson, Eminem, Justin Bieber, Dr.Dre, Ne-Yo.

[7][8] Early in 2019, "Ask For Help" was used as the promotion for the nationwide season premiere of Iyanla: Fix My Life on Oprah's OWN Network, and an episode of the CBS mini-series The Red Line.

[9] The Marieme song "Rogue" is one of several that are being played in the Apple TV+ television series Truth Be Told, which became available on the platform December 13, 2019.

[10][11] Since the beginning of her musical career Marieme has performed around the world, the biggest venue being Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado, joining Trevor Hall for the collaboration of their hit song "2 Oceans".