NICOLE RICHIE PHOTOS: PARIS AND NICOLE

BIOGRAPH

Nicole Richie was born Nicole Camille Escovedo in Berkeley, California. She is the biological daughter of Afro-Latin American percussionist Peter Escovedo III[citation needed] and a woman identified only as a backstage assistant on Lionel Richie's 1980 world tour; Escovedo was a member of Richie's band. In a November 15, 2005 CNN interview with Ryan Seacrest, Richie stated that her birth father (whom she declined to identify) was not a member of Lionel's band. Richie still speaks with her biological mother but has no contact with her biological father. Richie also denied that Escovedo was her biological father in a November 2005 Jane magazine interview. She has two half-siblings, Sophia and Miles.