Asia'h Epperson (born August 20, 1988) is an American singer and actress. Most notable as a semi-finalist in the seventh season of ''

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'', for her role as Felicia's friend in the 2015 film ''

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'', and as Tasha Skanks in the television series '' Greenleaf''.

Early life

Asia'h Epperson was born August 20, 1988, a Joplin, Missouri native. She has a younger brother and sister. Asia’h started writing music at the age of 6. Singing became a source of great happiness for her and she did it wherever she could including school, home, and church. Asia'h was a cheerleader while she attended

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, and won a regional talent competition.

Career

Epperson's career began with ''American Idol'' when she was 19 years old after she moved to

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. Asia’h Epperson caught the attention of the judges during her Atlanta audition, where she sang a tribute to her father, who died two days before in an auto accident. After American Idol she got signed with DefJam and began working with iconic producers Kenneth "

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" Edmunds and

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. She became a part of the original cast of the musical Hair Show alongside music legend

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in 2011. Three weeks before her first musical showcase and release, she was in a devastating car accident injuring a lung, kidney, spleen, breaking her jaw, pelvis, nine ribs, and multiple vertebrae. Her mouth was also wired shut to help her heal. As a result her music career was placed on hold. While healing she continued to pursue her career by meeting a manager and began going to auditions, securing her first guest star role on TNT's '' Murder in the First''. She then went on to play Felicia in the 2015 film ''

''. Epperson then landed her role as Tasha Skanks in '' Greenleaf''. In 2018, she played as

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's former girlfriend, Kim Ward in the biopic ''The Bobby Brown Story''. Epperson has stated that she enjoys her role as Tasha Stanks stating about her character, "She’s a good woman but on a assignment to do a lot of not good things." Pertaining to Tasha Skanks' character of ''Greenleaf'' in season 3 Asia'h states "This season, she is on a mission and that mission to get revenge on the Greenleaf's. She's doing that but having problems with that. Her spirit, her conscience, she’s going back and forth."

Personal life

Epperson has a love for physical fitness, and became a licensed massage therapist. She has stated that being able to help people, and make them happy makes her happy. Asia'h also enjoys the outdoors, and is a

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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