Victoria Naicka Richard[1] (born March 3, 1998), known professionally as Naïka, is an American-born French-Haitian singer and songwriter.

[6][7] She studied Performance as her major at Berklee College of Music in Boston,[8] being selected during her first year for a tour with Michael Bolton.

She participated in the NBC casting show The Voice[6][7] and, during her 7th semester, she was selected to take part in a bootcamp class by songwriter Kara DioGuardi, which resulted in her debut single "Ride".

[6][8] After releasing several singles between 2017 and 2019, she rose to prominence in early 2020, when a TikTok video of her version of "Don't Rush" garnered over 12.2 million views.

[2][3][4][5][6][9] She cites influences from Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Usher, the Black Eyed Peas, as well as classical composers like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.