Multi-talented and acclaimed musician Tierra Whack has indeed come a long way. Her career as a rapper, singer, and songwriter dates back to her teenage years when she performed under the stage moniker, Dizzle Dizz. She finally regained her birth name in 2017 and the following year released her debut studio album. WhackWorld. The album was ranked among the top 20 albums of 2018 and also earned the singer rave reviews. Among other highlights of her blossoming career, the video for her 2017 single Mumbo Jumbo was nominated for Best Music Video at the 61st Grammy Awards.
Tierra Whack Biography (Age)
She was born Tierra Helena Whack on August 11, 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tierra started writing poetry from childhood, and as she grew up, she also became an outstanding spoken word performer. In high school, she and her friends had the opportunity to perform the movie finale number Sister Act 2: Back to the Habit during a school showcase and she took to rapping. She was educated at the Benjamin Rush Academy of the Arts and majored there in voice. Tierra was also one of the few black students at the school. She then completed high school in Atlanta, Georgia after her family moved.
His musical career
She took the stage name Dizzle Dizz while still a teenager and in 2011 featured in a freestyle video made by Philadelphia-based music team We Run the Streets. In addition to collaborations, the talented youngster has also released her own tracks including one titled “Dizzy Rascvls”. She moved with her family to Georgia and after spending a few years there, she returned to her home state of Philadelphia in 2015.
Back in her hometown, she reconnected with some of her collaborators, one was a sound engineer and music producer named Kenete Simms. After two more years in the underground music scene, the talented music star was finally ready for stardom in 2017. She reverted to her birth name “Tierra Whack” as her stage name in March 2017, after which she dropped several singles including “Toe Jam” and “S— is coming”.
One of Whack’s biggest hits of 2017 was hip hop “Mumbo Jumbo.” The song was accompanied by a music video in which the young rapper performed his incomprehensible lyrics while wearing a mouthpiece. She also had the chance to tour with fellow rapper Flying Lotus among the highlights of 2017.
After releasing a few singles in a relatively short time, Tierra Whack decided to release her first musical body in May 2018, a full album titled Whack World. The 15-track album was primarily produced by her longtime collaborator Kenete Simms, with contributions from other producers such as Nick Verruto, J Melodic, Ricand Thadeus, DJ Fly Guy and Scott Styles. The album was met with very good reviews from critics, particularly for the unusual fact that each of the 15 tracks was exactly one minute long. Whack World was eventually ranked among the top 20 albums of 2018 by Billboard, Complex, Pitchfork, and several other magazines.
Also in 2018, Tierra Whack performed alongside rapper 6lack on the latter’s world tour titled “From East Atlanta with Love”. She eventually traveled to Tokyo, Japan in October 2018 for what was dubbed an artistic sabbatical. Upon her return from hiatus, she began working with music superstars Meek Mill and Childish Gambino. She is slated to perform at several major music festivals, including the 2019 Coachella Music Festival.
Tierra Whack’s family
Tierra Whack has a small family consisting of her mother and two siblings. Apparently, she is estranged from her biological father and was raised by her mother. Interestingly, the talented rapper prefers to keep her mother out of the prying eyes of the media even though she talks about it very often in her interviews. Presumably, she wants to keep her family away from the harsh scrutiny inherent in fame, so she can still lead a normal life.
Other facts about the rapper
1. Since February 19, 2019, Tierra Whack has been releasing one song a week following her performance at the 2019 Coachella Music Festival. Some of the singles she has released include ‘Only Child’, ‘CLONES’, ‘Gloria’ , “Wasteland” and “Unemployed”.
2. Whack is known to have a severe insect allergy. This fact forms the basis of the music video for his 2018 track “Bugs Life.”
3. While an encounter with bugs might send her to the emergency room, Tierra Whack has no problem with pets. The talented rapper owns a cat named Starkey.