Melanie Fiona- parents are Guyanese
Melanie Fiona Hallim was born on July 4, 1983, in Toronto, Canada.[3][4] She is the daughter and second child of Guyanese immigrant parents, who immigrated to Canada in the late 1970s.[3][5] Her parents are of African, Indian, and Portuguese descent.[1] Her father was a janitor before working in finance, and her mother worked in banking.[3] Hallim began writing songs at age 16.[6] Living in a music filled household, Hallim says she always knew music was her passion. Her father was a guitarist in a band and would allow her to sit on the stage when she was younger as he practiced, and remembers her mother playing music at home; from The Ronettes to Whitney Houston. Continue reading
