Maheeda

According to her, she began singing while in primary school. At age 23, she chose music as a profession despite facing challenges with funding while promoting her musical career. According to her, the name Maheeda means blessing and treasure, hence her decision to choose it as stage name. She classifies her music as "cocktail" because just like wine, it is intended to encompasses all aspect of human life. She claims to get her musical inspiration from God, because God saw her through being a single mother to till she got married then ventured into music professionally. Speaking on the reaction of her family to her nudity, she explained her husband and his family accepts, understands and supports her in all she does. In 2015, Nigerian Entertainment Today disclosed that she was more widely known than Don Jazzy and Linda Ikeji based on analytics from Google and WordPress. In August 2016, she revealed that she doesn't really mean many of the things she has said in the past during interviews.

Caroline Sam (born 22 November 1982), better known as Maheeda, is a Nigerian singer, nude model and former prostitute. According to her, she began her musical career as a hip hop singer but became a gospel singer after becoming "born again". She is widely known for sharing raunchy photos on Instagram and making controversial remarks on issues and have been censored from the social media site on several occasions. In 2014, she released her debut gospel track, "Concrete Love", which she noted was inspired by the love of God towards her.

Maheeda hails from Edo State. She was born 22 November 1982 in northern Nigeria. Maheeda's mother died when she was at a tender age and she never knew her dad. According to her, the inability to meet her financial obligations and fend for herself led her into music and housekeeping afterwards. She had a daughter at age 17.