1. Tierra Helena Whack was born on August 11,1995 and is an American rapper and singer.
32 Facts About Tierra Whack
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Tierra Whack originally performed as "Dizzle Dizz" as a teenager but reverted to her birth name in 2017.
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Tierra Whack was born in 1995 and grew up living with two younger siblings and their mother in North Philadelphia.
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Tierra Whack was an introverted child who wrote to help herself deal with insecurities.
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Tierra Whack pinpointed the exact moment when her love for rhyming began.
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Tierra Whack had to rhyme for a homework assignment for class and after receiving positive feedback, she continued with it.
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Tierra Whack later asked her mother for composition books to fill with rhymes and lyrics before she eventually started recording herself.
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Tierra Whack attended The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush in Philadelphia for three years before finishing high school in Atlanta.
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At around fifteen, Tierra Whack who went by the moniker "Dizzle Dizz" appeared in a 2011 freestyle video produced by Philadelphia's underground music collective We Run the Streets.
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Tierra Whack's mother drove past the group of men freestyling and encouraged her to join.
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Tierra Whack released several tracks as Dizzle Dizz including "Dizzy Rascvls", but struggled with depression in the months afterwards.
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Tierra Whack claimed there was little experimentation and growth beyond battle rapping if she were to stay in Philadelphia.
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Tierra Whack's mother elected to move out of Philadelphia so Whack could finish school.
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Tierra Whack was often the only woman working on the line at the car wash, and her former manager said she was a memorable person with an impressive drive, which Whack credits to her mother.
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Tierra Whack wanted to keep to herself to have a chance to solely focus on her music.
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Tierra Whack believed staying in Philadelphia would be best for her music career.
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Tierra Whack released each short track on Instagram, each accompanied by a short film directed by Thibaut Duverneix and Mathieu Leger.
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In October 2018, Tierra Whack traveled to Tokyo for a long-term artistic sabbatical.
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Tierra Whack has recorded as-yet-unreleased music with Meek Mill and Childish Gambino.
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Tierra Whack appeared at many festivals in the 2019 festival season including Coachella, Primavera Sound, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Camp Flog Gnaw, Osheaga, and Austin City Limits.
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Tierra Whack co-wrote and was featured in Melanie Martinez's single "Copy Cat", which was released on February 10,2020.
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Tierra Whack featured on the song "Me x 7" by Alicia Keys, taken from her seventh studio album, Alicia, in September 2020.
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In October 2020, Tierra Whack released her first solo single of the year titled "Dora".
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The music video, created in partnership with the LEGO Group, had Tierra Whack sit with a group of schoolchildren as part of Lego's "Rebuild the World" campaign, using their ideas as inspiration for the video.
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March 15,2024, Tierra Whack released her 2nd studio album "World Wide Tierra Whack" under Interscope Records, it received a 7.3 on the Pitchfork web site.
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Tierra Whack cites Outkast, Erykah Badu, Busta Rhymes, and Kelis as some of her musical influences.
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Tierra Whack's inspirations come from everything, from her relationships to people to inanimate objects.
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Tierra Whack's mother is often credited as one of if not the biggest inspirations for her music.
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Tierra Whack recalls her mother playing gangster rap during car rides.
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Tierra Whack is still "Philly-based," saying that Philadelphia is her home and where she feels grounded.
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Tierra Whack owns a cat, whom she named Starkey after the Whole Foods brand of sparkling water.
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Tierra Whack is severely allergic to insects, a condition she satirizes in the music video for her 2018 track, "Bugs Life".