Nita Aviance

Career Nita started her professional DJ career in the early 2000s. ). Some of her other classic tracks include The Queens, ) formed the Downtown DJ Coalition as a musical alternative to the mega-clubs. In late 2006, Aviance and Gant Johnson founded their weekly party Tubway at New York City's underground dance den, mr.Black. From a small soulful, living-room-style party, Tubway evolved "into the most raucous Saturday night cross-section of New York nightlife." Her residency at Tubway brought praise from nightlife personalities and brought in guest appearances from renowned international DJs like Tom Stephan, AC Slater, Junior Vasquez and the UK's Horse Meat Disco. Aviance is a four-time Glammy Awards winner for Best DJ (the award for nightlife personalities in New York City ), and Tubway was voted by Paper Magazine as the best party in 2008.

Nita was part of La'Mady, a transgender rap group that included Linda James and fellow House of Aviance members, Erickatoure Aviance and Koko Aviance. The group collaborated with Jonny McGovern in his 2006 album Jonny McGovern Presents: This is NYC, Bitch! The East Village Mixtape.

Nita Aviance also appeared in the 2015 American independent drama film Ekaj (as club DJ), written and directed by Cati Gonzalez. She also appeared in the 2020 documentary Filterswept (as self), written and directed by Rosa Costanza.