- Born
- Birth nameIndia Arie Simpson
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- India Arie was born on October 3, 1975 in Denver, Colorado, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Miami Vice (2006), Don't Say a Word (2001) and Radio (2003).
- Father is a former basketball player Ralph Simpson.
- Plays the saxaphone, baritone clarinet, french horn, recorder, trumpet and guitar
- Named India as a tribute to Mohandas K. Gandhi as her due date matched his birth
- Studied jewellery making at Savannah College of Art and Design before getting a recording contract
- Co-founded Atlanta artist collective 'Groovement/Earthseed'
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