Ntumba K Michael Richie (aka) Mike Diamondz was born in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, on the 26 February 1983. His parents were living in Romania at the time completing their university studies. The family moved back to RD Congo while Mike was still very young, however, he spent almost his entire childhood there, getting in touch with his roots. In the Land of Diamonds (MBUJU-MAYI ) he started designing harmony since his childhood trying to produce beats from daddy's disk collection, with mommy's cutlery which gave the start to his inspirational mechanism.

Mike developed a passion for music at an early age, listening to the giants of black American , African and Jamaican music such as Prince, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, his influences are inspired by Bob Marley, Boys2men, Alfa Blondy, Michael Jackson and others. Meanwhile, he also rifled through his parents' records collection, discovering classics such as Curtis Mayfield , Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles ,Bobby Womack which he is sure without their musical guidance we could not have design such vocals harmonies today.