Tasha the Amazon, born Tasha Schumann, is a Canadian rapper, singer-songwriter,

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'', March 29, 2017. and host to Animalogic's youtube channel.the Amazon hosts her first animalogic episode"
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'', November 27, 2020. She is best known for her debut EP ''Die Every Day,'' which was nominated at the 2017 Juno Awards for Rap Recording of the Year.

Biography

Born to German and Jamaican parents, she was raised in

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'', April 5, 2017. She is the niece of Erroll Starr, a

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singer prominent in the 1980s. She moved to

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after high school, studying psychology at the

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, where she launched her music career.

Career

She released a number of solo singles between 2013 and 2015, including a mixtape called ''FIDIYOOTDEM'' before releasing her debut album ''Die Every Day'' in 2016. In 2017 she was nominated for a Juno Award for Rap Album of the year. Later that year, she won the

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for Best Hip Hop Video for "Picasso Leaning", the first female artist ever to win that award."Meet Tasha the Amazon: the First Female Artist to Win Best Hip Hop Video at the MMVAs"
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'', June 19, 2017. She collaborated with

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for a track on his debut album

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(2017). She released her second album, ''Black Moon'' in 2019. In November 2020, she starred on Animalogic's YouTube channel. She hosts the Floralogic episodes where she talks about different types of plants and fungi.

Discography

Studio albums

References

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