Born into a Bosniak family near Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, she grew up in Brčko, the youngest child of Abid Jahić ( - 22 October 2010) and Ifeta (née Smajlović; 15 April 1934 - 21 November 2014) [REF].
Her first performance before an audience was in the fifth grade at a local festival, singing a Kemal Monteno song called "Sviraj mi o njoj".