Rita Dakota
Margarita Sergeevna Gerasimovich, better known by her stage name Rita Dakota ',' is a Belarusian rock singer-songwriter.
Biography
Dakota was born in 1990 in Minsk, Belarus. She grew up in the Komarovka district in Minsk. She attended the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, Russia.Dakota participated in television talent competitions, such as the Russian show Fabrika Zvyozd ''.
Dakota became a member of the rock band Monroe, before starting a solo career. The band played at the Kubana and Invasion festivals.
Dakota writes her own songs and her debut solo album was released in 2020. Her lyrics have covered her life experiences including a difficult childhood "with syringes and bottles" due to her alcoholic father, the domestic abuse suffered by her mother, and her own postpartum depression and divorce.
In 2023, Dakota travelled to live in the United States and was subsequently banned from performing in Russia.