Mina Kostić

Jasmina Kostić Mina (Serbian Cyrillic: Јасмина Костић Мина;[1] born 5 May 1975) is a Serbian turbo-folk singer.

Mina Kostić
Birth nameMinira Jašari
Born (1975-05-05) 5 May 1975
Orašje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
GenresTurbo-folk
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2000–present

Early and personal life

Mina Kostić was born as Minira Jashari in the Ledine neighbourhood of Belgrade, into a Roma family of 10 children.[2] She was adopted at 5 years of age by Evdokija "Duda" Ivanović.[3] Her cousin is rapper Ivan Ivanović-Juice, whose paternal aunt is Duda Ivanović.[4]

Her former partner is singer Igor Kostić, whom she dated from December 2007[5] until shortly after becoming parents to a daughter, Anastasija (born February 2009).[6]

Career

Kostić has made many television appearances and performances, three albums, and is working on a fourth.[7] She is known for an often provocative stage appearance, which occasionally attracts media comment.[8]

She has sung as guest at many high-profile birthday parties of Serbian celebrities such as: Dejan Stanković, Siniša Mihajlović, and Mateja Kežman.[1]

References

  1. Interview in Serbian Archived May 28, 2006, at the Wayback Machine: Često si pevala na slavljima fudbalera. Kakva su ti iskustva? Jasmina Kostić Mina: Pozitivna, jer su oni su normalni ljudi. Pevala sam Stankoviću, Mihajloviću, Kežmanu i mnogim drugima. Bio je tu i Džej i OK Band, pa je atmosfera bila fantastična. Dejan Stanković je najjači lik i definitivno ga obožavam. Uz to je i najveći kavaljer, najlakše se hvata za džep. Baš mi se sviđa kao ličnost.
  2. "ZOJA JAŠARI: NEĆU PREŽALITI ŠTO SAM MINU DALA NA USVAJANJE". Archived from the original on February 11, 2015.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Popular Mina Kostić & Grand Production videos – YouTube" via YouTube.
  8. "YouTube" via YouTube.


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