Tasha Viets-VanLear, better known as just Tasha, is an American musician from

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Early life

Tasha was born and raised in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago. Tasha grew up involved in theater and poetry. Tasha attended

Northside College Preparatory High School Northside College Preparatory High School (commonly referred to as Northside College Prep, Northside Prep, NCP, or simply Northside) is a public 4-year selective enrollment high school located in the North Park neighborhood on the north side ...

as well as St. Olaf College. After moving back to Chicago after college, Tasha worked for Black Youth Project 100.

Career

Tasha released her first EP in 2016 titled ''Divine Love''. The EP is described as being about both "political activism and self-love". In 2018, Tasha announced plans to release her debut full-length album, and shared the new song "Kind of Love". Tasha also shared a new song titled "New Place" prior to releasing the record. The album, titled ''Alone at Last'', was released in 2018 through

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. In April 2020, Tasha shared a new song titled "But There's Still The Moon". Tasha's second full-length album, ''Tell Me What You Miss the Most'', was released on November 5, 2021.

Discography

Studio albums

*''Alone at Last'' (2018) *''Tell Me What You Miss the Most'' (2021)

EPs

*''Divine Love'' (2016)

References

{{reflist Living people Musicians from Chicago Year of birth missing (living people) Father/Daughter Records artists