by: Carlos Camargo
Nicole Herrada is passionate about music. She was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela and from a very young age she liked instruments, singing and everything related to music. She decided to formally venture into this career in 2016, becoming the first female urban DJ from her native country.
DJ Nicole, as she is known internationally in the world of entertainment, has had the opportunity thanks to her great talent to perform at the best festivals, events, and venues in Venezuela. He has also managed to conquer Miami as part of the programming of large clubs where he demonstrates his charisma and good musical taste on stage. One of the events where she was praised and rubbed shoulders with high-impact figures in urban music, was the “Durini Festival” where she shared with talents such as Zion & Lennox, De La Ghetto, Micro TDH, Akapella, Jerry Di, Casper Mágico, Calleb Calloway, among others. In Miami, she has been in charge of opening the concerts of Sebastián Yatra, Greeicy, Sech, J Quiles, Lenny Tavares and other artists.
2021 was a very important year for her. She was the DJ in charge of giving the festive atmosphere to the release of the album #7DJ (7 days in Jamaica) by the Colombian singer Maluma and also animating his birthday party. As if that were not enough, Nicole has shared the stage with international artists such as Jowell and Randy, Ivy Queen, Lyanno, Dalex and DJs such as Cedric Cervais, Dj Pope, Dímelo Flow, Sky Rompiendo, among many others. He has also worked with major brands such as Red Bull, Smirnoff and Ron Santa Teresa.
In this 2023, Nicole participated in the Netflix reality show “La Firma”, becoming the first Venezuelan DJ to participate in a show like this. There he shared and showed his talent to renowned artists such as Yandel, Rauw Alejandro, Nicki Nicole, Tayni and the important producer and businessman Lex Borrero. “I am immensely grateful for having had the opportunity to belong to this incredible team, thank you infinite! If you asked the Nicole of 5 years ago, she would never have believed it,” says Nicole about her participation in the program.
Without a doubt, besides being talented, Nicole conquers hearts for her beauty, humility and her desire to succeed. Her work has given her great rewards and recognition and she has a large number of followers on social networks that encourage her to keep going and achieve everything she has set out to do both in her personal and professional life.