Nikita work managing iconic hip-hop DJ, broadcaster and author of ‘Hip Hop Raised Me’, DJ Semtex, saw him establish a recording career when she A&R’d releases with artists such as Dreamville’s Cozz, Ghanaian rapper Kwesi Arthur, and UK breakout star BackRoad Gee. When her management enterprises expanded into West Africa, Chauhan’s skill for maximising talent while preserving an identifiable sound put her among Africa’s top-flight managers. She’s the force behind the leading Nigerian hip-hop duo Show Dem Camp, helping them develop their PalmWine Festival internationally and their first North American tour. Then there are her years managing Ghanaian super-producer GuiltyBeatz. Through a series of collaborations with Beyoncé, Tems, and Jorja Smith, and multiple Grammy nominations, GuiltyBeatz emerged as one of the continent’s most exciting talents. It’s a winning formula Chauhan distilled into her management agency TranslateNC, which has been behind global activations for acts like Pheelz, Lojay, and Michael Brun. Remixing tracks for A-listers such as Dua Lipa and Rag’N’Bone Man, on to supporting the likes of Roy Ayers and Thundercat, and producing on Kojey Radical’s critically-acclaimed Reason To Smile album.
Features on their music include Tiana Major9, Ghetto Boy, Ego Ella May, Kofi Stone,Pip Millet, Kojey Radical. Two sets at Glastonbury Festival this year, played at Blue Note in Tokyo, Love Supreme just outside of Tokyo, 3 shows at Jazzaladia Festival in Spain, a sold out show at the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room (where they performed with 12 string players, a full band and guest vocalists), supporting Robert Glasper at Jazz A Vienne and performed at Montreux Jazz Festival and Montreal Jazz Festival