Born in 1989 in Haifa, Israel, to an Italian mother and an Arab-Israeli father, Nicholas spent half his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee, where the family relocated for the father?s work. While in Nashville, Nicholas discovered his love for music, and soon after moving back to Israel, in 1997, he joined the Israeli National Youth Band. He later started his own band, playing local venues, where he got to write and sing, play the sax and the piano.