Nneka Egbuna (born 24 December 1981) is a Nigerian-German hip hop/soul singer and songwriter. She sings in English and her traditional language of Igbo. Nneka is the daughter of an Igbo Nigerian father and a German mother. Nneka is an Igbo name taken from the language of the Igbo people who live in the South East of Nigeria and means “Mother is supreme, mother is the bestâ€. The singer was born and grew up in Warri, in the Delta region of Nigeria. Here she went to primary school of the Delta Steel Company and later to secondary school at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corparation.