Soumia Bahri was born near Paris (France) to Moroccan parents, She has a Master's degree in linguistics.
[1] Her first involvement in music was by doing background vocals in a rapband.
[3] Soumia releases her first album, Still in Love, in 2002 with the Section Zouk label.
The album is quite popular in the Afro-Caribbean music scene, and gave her the chance to many more collaborations with Zouk artists.
She combines the Zouk musical style with influences from R'n'B, soul music, and African styles, wrote her own lyrics, and coproduced the album.