SZA

SZA studied marine biology, and dropped out in her final semester to make music.

Solána Rowe grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey, the daughter of a CNN producer and an AT&T executive. She took her name from the Supreme Alphabet, after the Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and GZA. In 2013 she became the first woman signed to Top Dawg Entertainment, Kendrick Lamar’s label.