Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s “Everything Is Love,” for which she wrote songs, had just won Best Urban Contemporary Album.“At that time I could have never imagined that anything I wrote would win a Grammy,” Nija, now 23 and known by her first name, told The Post. “I was just over the moon about it.”Once she arrived at the ceremony, Nija got a second chance to watch her own history in the making when Cardi B’s debut smash, “Invasion of Privacy,” took Best Rap album.
Nija co-wrote its songs “I Do” and “Ring” — the latter of which took her only 10 minutes to pen the lyrics.“I was like, ‘Two in one night?
I can’t believe it,’ ” said Nija. “I seriously partied afterwards.”Since then, she has helped mastermind tracks for Drake, Maroon 5, Megan Thee.
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