Mina Kostić was born as Minira Jašari in Orašje in Bosnia and Herzegovina and raised in Ledine neighbourhood of Belgrade, into a Romani family of 10 children.[2] She was adopted at 5 years of age by Evdokija "Duda" Ivanović.[3] Her cousin is rapper Juice, whose paternal aunt is Duda Ivanović.[4] She changed her name when she was 19 in order to pay less for an Italian visa, together with her brother Enver who changed his name to Dejan.[5]
Her former partner is singer Igor Kostić, whom she dated from December 2007[6] until shortly after becoming parents to a daughter, Anastasija (born February 2009).[7]
Career
Kostić has made many television appearances and performances, three albums, and is working on a fourth.[8] She is known for an often provocative stage appearance, which occasionally attracts media comment.[9]
^ abInterview in SerbianArchived 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.
