Mina Kostić Мина Костић | |
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Birth name | Minira Jašari |
Born | Orašje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | 5 May 1975
Genres | Turbo-folk |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 2000–present |
Jasmina "Mina" Kostić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Јасмина "Мина" Костић; [1] born Minira Jašari, Serbian Cyrillic: Минира Јашари, on 5 May 1975) is a Serbian turbo-folk singer.
Mina Kostić was born as Minira Jašari in Orašje in Bosnia and Herzegovina and raised in Ledine neighbourhood of Belgrade, into a Romani family of 10 children. [2] She was adopted at 5 years of age by Evdokija "Duda" Ivanović. [3] Her cousin is rapper Juice, whose paternal aunt is Duda Ivanović. [4] She changed her name when she was 19 in order to pay less for an Italian visa, together with her brother Enver who changed his name to Dejan. [5]
Her former partner is singer Igor Kostić, whom she dated from December 2007 [6] until shortly after becoming parents to a daughter, Anastasija (born February 2009). [7]
Kostić has made many television appearances and performances, three albums, and is working on a fourth. [8] She is known for an often provocative stage appearance, which occasionally attracts media comment. [9]
She has sung as guest at many high-profile birthday parties of Serbian celebrities such as: Dejan Stanković, Siniša Mihajlović, and Mateja Kežman. [1]
Mina Kostić Мина Костић | |
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Birth name | Minira Jašari |
Born | Orašje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | 5 May 1975
Genres | Turbo-folk |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 2000–present |
Jasmina "Mina" Kostić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Јасмина "Мина" Костић; [1] born Minira Jašari, Serbian Cyrillic: Минира Јашари, on 5 May 1975) is a Serbian turbo-folk singer.
Mina Kostić was born as Minira Jašari in Orašje in Bosnia and Herzegovina and raised in Ledine neighbourhood of Belgrade, into a Romani family of 10 children. [2] She was adopted at 5 years of age by Evdokija "Duda" Ivanović. [3] Her cousin is rapper Juice, whose paternal aunt is Duda Ivanović. [4] She changed her name when she was 19 in order to pay less for an Italian visa, together with her brother Enver who changed his name to Dejan. [5]
Her former partner is singer Igor Kostić, whom she dated from December 2007 [6] until shortly after becoming parents to a daughter, Anastasija (born February 2009). [7]
Kostić has made many television appearances and performances, three albums, and is working on a fourth. [8] She is known for an often provocative stage appearance, which occasionally attracts media comment. [9]
She has sung as guest at many high-profile birthday parties of Serbian celebrities such as: Dejan Stanković, Siniša Mihajlović, and Mateja Kežman. [1]