Tasha the Amazon, born Tasha Schumann, is a Canadian rapper, singer-songwriter, hip hop producer,"Rapper Tasha the Amazon stands tall in Juno showdown". Toronto Star, March 29, 2017. author, and host to the Animalogic YouTube channel."Tasha the Amazon hosts her first animalogic episode". YouTube, November 27, 2020. 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 Born to German and Jamaican parents, she was raised in Kitchener, Ontario."Tasha the Amazon standing tall". Waterloo Region Record, April 5, 2017. She is the niece of Juno Award winner Erroll Starr, a rhythm and blues singer prominent in the 1980s.
She moved to Toronto after high school, studying psychology at the University of Toronto, where she launched her music career.
Career 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."Tasha the Amazon Delivers 'Die Every Day' EP". Exclaim!, November 14, 2016. 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."Meet Tasha the Amazon: the First Female Artist to Win Best Hip Hop Video at the MMVAs" . Flare, June 19, 2017.
She collaborated with Danger for a track on his debut album 太鼓 (2017).
She released her second album, Black Moon in 2019.
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
Studio albums YearAlbum titleAlbum details2016Die Every Day Released: November 11, 2016 Label: Hot Steam Entertainment Formats: Digital download2019Black Moon Released: November 12, 2019 Label: Hot Steam Entertainment Formats: Digital download
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