Bayan iyayenta da ba su yi aure ba sun rabu a 1986, Norah ta fara zama tare da mahaifiyarta, suna girma a Grapevine, Texas. Ta halarci Colleyville Middle School da Grapevine High School kafin ta koma Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts a Dallas. Waƙar ta ta fara farawa ne a cikin Ikilisiyar Methodist na gida inda ta yi waƙa a kai a kai. Yayin da yake a makarantar sakandare, ta raira waƙa a cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta makaranta, ta shiga cikin ƙungiyar, kuma ta yi wasa da saxophone. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 16, tare da iyayen iyayenta, ta canza sunanta a matsayin NJ.
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