Nona Marvisa Gaye was born on September 17, 1974, in Los Angeles, California, to Janis Hunter and R&B legend Marvin Gaye. However, she was raised in Washington DC. Although her middle name is Marvisa, she was led to believe that it was Aisha until the age of 12.

It can be said that Nona literally grew up in the spotlight. Her father brought her onto the stage when she was only 3 weeks old. Later, when she was about 6 years old, she made an appearance on the TV show Soul Train, on which she introduced her father.

Nona reports that her famous father was decent, happy and nice, but his drug addiction made it difficult for her to relate to him. In 1981, Marvin and Janis divorced. In 1984, he was shot and killed after a dispute with his father.

Still, music was something that was in Nona's blood and there was no denying that she would try to make it her career as well. When she was 14, she made her first demo tape. It didn't take long for music industry executives to take note of her great