15 Facts About Tkay Maidza

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Takudzwa Victoria Rosa "Tkay" Maidza is a Zimbabwean-born Australian singer-songwriter and rapper.

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Tkay Maidza graduated from St Michael's College at age 16 and studied architecture at the University of South Australia before becoming a full-time musician.

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Tkay Maidza has since released an EP, Switch Tape, featuring collaborations with Night Slugs' Bok Bok and producer SBTRKT.

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Tkay Maidza has played Splendour in the Grass and the CMJ Music Marathon in 2014 and replaced Lykke Li at the 2015 St Jerome's Laneway Festival.

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Tkay Maidza performed at the Triple J "Beat the Drum" concert in 2015 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the radio station, both as a solo artist and with many other Australian guest rappers on an extended version of Hilltop Hoods' "Cosby Sweater".

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Tkay Maidza played most of the Australian major festivals in 2015 including Groovin the Moo, Falls Festival, Meredith Festival and a cameo at Stereosonic with WhatSoNot.

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Tkay Maidza was featured in the Australian Vogue magazine in July 2015 and the French magazine Konbini.

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In November 2015 Tkay Maidza featured in an episode of Le Petit Journal in her debut French TV appearance.

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Tkay Maidza later appeared on American radio as part of the second episode of Skrillex's OWSLA Radio on 13 February 2016.

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The track is the first single from her debut album, simply titled Tkay Maidza, which was released on 28 October 2016.

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In May 2020, Tkay Maidza announced she had signed with acclaimed English independent label 4AD and released her new single 'Shook' with praise from NME and Rolling Stone.

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In February 2021, Tkay Maidza released her new track "Kim", six months on from the release of her Last Year Was Weird, Vol.

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Alongside the track's release, Tkay Maidza shared a new Adrian Yu-directed music video, which sees her embodying the imagery of three iconic Kims: Kim Possible, Lil' Kim, and Kim Kardashian.

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In May 2021, Tkay Maidza announced that the third mixtape in her Last Year Was Weird series would be released on July 9 that year.

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Tkay Maidza has said she admires the work of Nicki Minaj, Santigold, Major Lazer and Lorde.