Fox Theatre Welcomes Niykee Heaton and Special Guests Tonight

By: Dec. 12, 2015
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Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Niykee Heaton with Special Guests at the Fox Theatre tonight, December 12th, 2015. Tickets are on sale now for $15 GA.

After writing her first song at age 5 and teaching herself to play guitar at 9, Niykee Heaton dedicated her entire childhood and high school years to making music. With her songwriting giving her an outlet and escape from her troubled home life, Niykee spent nearly every moment outside of school creating and sharing original songs that showed off her soulful vocals and powerful lyrics. Fast gaining a massive following after WorldstarHipHop picked up her acoustic-guitar-based rendition of Chief Keef's "Love Sosa" in December 2012, the 19-year-old Illinois native is set to deliver a debut from Steve Rifkind and Russell Simmons' All Def Music in partnership with Capitol Records, revealing her timeless sense of songcraft, intuitive grasp of beats, and a lyrical sensibility that fuses poetic finesse with pure emotion.

On "Bad Intentions"-a raw but smoldering R&B ballad whose lyric video shot to more than a million views soon after its January 2014 release, largely on the strength of her staggering social-media presence-Niykee's near-lifelong devotion to sharpening her songwriting is more than evident. "I realized early on that the only way to make my voice heard and say what I wanted to was through music," says Niykee, whose older sister Rachel battled cancer for most of her life and died when Niykee was 12. "It was less like a hobby for me and more like a lifesaver," she adds. Since her family couldn't financially support her musical education, Niykee gave herself vocal training by singing along to a Diana Ross greatest-hits CD, and learned to play guitar by holing up in her room with an acoustic handed down to her by a family friend.

For more information, visit Niykee Heaton's website www.niykeeheatonmusic.com.

Tickets are on sale at Fox Theatre Box Office. Call (720)-645-2467 for tickets by phone. Tickets are also available through www.foxtheatre.com.



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