Before Rita Ora would release her self titled debut album and appear at #1 on the UK charts. Before she would be in movies such as Fast and Furious 6 and Fifty Shades of Grey.Before she would tour and headline for bands such as Coldplay and Drake. Her parents left Kosovo during the reign of a brutal dictatorship and fled to England in 1991. Her mother Vera was a psychiatrist and her father Besnik was a pub owner. Rita got her start singing open mic nights in her father’s pub. Later she would audition to represent the UK in eurovision’s song contest competition but withdrew because she didn’t feel ready. Shortly afterwards she would attract the attention of DJ Fresh for his track “Hot Right Now” which would pave the way for her rise to fame.