Tasha the Amazon
Tasha the Amazon | |
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| Born | Tasha Schumann Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Rap, Hip hop, Trap, R&B |
| Occupations | Rapper, music producer, singer, songwriter, television presenter, author |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano[1] |
| Years active | 2013–present |
Tasha the Amazon, born Tasha Schumann, is a Canadian rapper, singer-songwriter, hip hop producer,[2] author,[3] and host to the Animalogic YouTube channel.[4] She is best known for her debut EP Die Every Day, which was nominated at the 2017 Juno Awards for Rap Recording of the Year.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Born to German and Jamaican parents, she was raised in Kitchener, Ontario.[5] She is the niece of Juno Award winner Erroll Starr, a rhythm and blues singer prominent in the 1980s.[5]
She moved to Toronto after high school, studying psychology at the University of Toronto, where she launched her music career.[6][7]
Career
[edit | edit source]She released a number of solo singles between 2013 and 2015, including a mixtape called FIDIYOOTDEM before releasing her debut album Die Every Day in 2016.[8][9] In 2017 she was nominated for a Juno Award for Rap Album of the year. Later that year, she won the MuchMusic Video Award for Best Hip Hop Video for "Picasso Leaning", the first female artist ever to win that award.[10]
She collaborated with Danger for a track on his debut album 太鼓 (2017).
She released her second album, Black Moon in 2019.[11]
In November 2020, she starred on Animalogic's YouTube channel. She hosts the Floralogic episodes where she talks about different types of plants and fungi.
Discography
[edit | edit source]Studio albums
[edit | edit source]| Year | Album title | Album details |
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| 2016 | Die Every Day[12] |
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| 2019 | Black Moon[11] |
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References
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- ^ "Rapper Tasha the Amazon stands tall in Juno showdown". Toronto Star, March 29, 2017.
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- ^ "Tasha the Amazon hosts her first animalogic episode". YouTube, November 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "Tasha the Amazon standing tall". Waterloo Region Record, April 5, 2017.
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- ^ "Tasha the Amazon Delivers 'Die Every Day' EP". Exclaim!, November 14, 2016.
- ^ "Meet Tasha the Amazon: the First Female Artist to Win Best Hip Hop Video at the MMVAs" Archived July 17, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. Flare, June 19, 2017.
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- Canadian women rappers
- Canadian hip-hop record producers
- Musicians from Kitchener, Ontario
- 21st-century Black Canadian musicians
- Black Canadian women
- Living people
- Canadian people of Jamaican descent
- Canadian people of German descent
- Canadian women record producers
- Women hip-hop record producers
- 21st-century Canadian women musicians
- 21st-century Canadian rappers
- 21st-century women rappers