Raina Simone is a Hip Hop artist from Harlem, NY and Englewood,NJ. By the age of 3, Raina Simone could play the piano, and was beginning to piece together lyrics.
Filmed by Howard classmates; In 2021 a viral freestyle titled "Sometimes I Rap" to Nas and Lauryn Hill's "If I Ruled the World" instrumental; launched Raina Simone into the world of rap music. Having previously identified solely as a producer, Raina Simone began releasing songs as a rapper/singer/songwriter. The following year, a second freestyle would go viral as a "response to drill music." Originally freestyle'd on New Jersey platform "Blades and Bars," the freestyle was rereleased as "To My Hearts Outro," the outro on Raina Simone's first EP "To My Hearts" released in 2022.