Born in Abidjan from an Italian father and an Ivorian mother, KT spent most of her childhood in the Ivory Coast. At 11 she arrived in Switzerland and jumped into old-school hip hop with The Fugees, Notorious B.I.G. and Wu-Tang Clan. Later KT started expressing herself over rap instrumentals, and at 21 she became the first female 'World Champion' in hip hop competition 'End of the Weak' in New York. It was on her return home that local hip hop fans began calling her KT Gorique.