13 Facts About Tokischa

Tokischa signed a recording contract with Paulus Music and released his debut single "Picala" to great regional success.

Tokischa has often been catalogued as "controversial" by media outlets, with her music sparking controversy and receiving notable media coverage.

Tokischa was born in 1996 in a humble environment and spent most of her childhood and adolescence in the Los Frailes district, a low income area in the eastern region of the Santo Domingo Province.

Tokischa's mother moved to the United States when she was very young.

Tokischa's father was in jail, from which he escaped several times.

At age twenty, while Tokischa was doing a photoshoot for a magazine in her hometown, she met producer and designer Raymi Paulus, who was fascinated by her voice and musical talent, and asked her to record some songs in his studio.

Tokischa eventually signed a record deal with his label Paulus Music.

In February 2019, Tokischa released the single "Perras Como Tu", as part of the soundtrack for the Mexican film Miss Bala: Merciless.

In January 2021, Tokischa published the single "Yo No Me Voy Acostar", alongside Yailin La Mas Viral and La Perversa.

Tokischa made international headlines in the summer of that year after several collaborations with Latin artists J Balvin and Rosalia.

In September 2022, Tokischa was featured on "Hung Up on Tokischa", a remix of Madonna's 2005 hit single "Hung Up"; the song uses dembow.

Tokischa cultivates various musical styles, where trap, hip hop, rap and urbano stand out.

Tokischa's songs have quite personal and "the most honest possible" lyrics.