Simona Hégerová (born 30 April 1996, known professionally as Sima) is a Slovak hip hop singer. She is among the most popular Slovak internet personalities, with a high number of followers across multiple social media platforms.

Biography

Simona Hégerová was born on 30 April 1996 in

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. She started singing at the age of nine. As a teenager, she participated in various television singing competitions. At 12, she, along with her sister Barbora, competed in the ''Mini Talent Show'' broadcast by Slovak Television and Radio. Four years later, at 16, she took part in Hlas Česko Slovenska 2012. At the age of 14, she was invited to perform at casting events of a modeling agency, which was later discovered to serve as a cover for human trafficking. Sima was among the key witnesses of the prosecution in the case against the owners of the agency. In 2017, Sima started working with the rapper Ego, a member of the hip hop group Kontrafakt. This collaboration resulted in three successful albums - ''Femina'' (2017)'','' ''Podľa Seba'' (2018) and ''Bombím'' (2019), which topped the sales charts in Slovakia.'''' In 2022, she released her fourth album, ''Masterpiece'', which topped the

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charts in Slovakia for most of the year. Due to her success on the platform, Sima was featured on a billboard in

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as part of Spotify's EQUAL campaign, highlighting influential female artists worldwide. In 2024 Sima was included in the Slovak edition of

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magazine "30 under 30" list on the basis of her success across various online platforms.

Personal life

Since 2014, Sima has been in a relationship with the music producer Tomáš Gajlík.

References

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