Mina Richman is the solo project of German-Iranian singer-songwriter Mina Schelpmeier. During car rides with her father, she sang along to Vaya Con Dios and fell in love with acoustic guitars and powerful vocals.
At the age of 16, she began her vocal training and shortly after learned to play guitar so she could make music on her own. Inspired by the famous Cher quote, "Mom, I am a rich man," which she said to her mother who suggested she find a rich man and settle down, she chose her stage name, manifesting her commitment to self-reliance and personal responsibility.