Genesis Yasmine Mohanraj, known by her stage name Tommy Genesis, is a Canadian rapper. In 2016, ''

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'' magazine described her as "the internet's most rebellious underground rap queen". Her music incorporates experimental style and often sexual verses. Her debut album titled '' Tommy Genesis'' was released in November 2018. Her second album '' Goldilocks X'' was released in September 2021.

Early life and education

Genesis was born in Vancouver, Canada. She is of

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and Swedish descent. She graduated from the

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where she studied film and sculpture. Genesis is her birth name.

Career

Music

Genesis started recording rap in 2013 as part of a project called G3NESIS. In 2015 Genesis signed with

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and released her debut mixtape ''World'' ''Vision''. In 2017 she signed with

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. She collaborated with Abra, another artist from Awful Records, on the track "Hair Like Water Wavy Like the Sea" from Genesis's debut mixtape ''World Vision''. On July 28, 2018, she released the single "100 Bad". This song is the second collaboration that Tommy made with the music producer Charlie Heat, with whom she previously collaborated on the 2017 song "Tommy". The song is featured on her debut album, '' Tommy Genesis'' through Downtown/The Orchard. Later, British singer-songwriter

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released a remix of "100 Bad" on September 7. Her debut album, ''Tommy Genesis'' was released on November 9, 2018. In 2020, she collaborated with American experimental hip-hop artist JPEGMAFIA on his ep called EP!, on the track

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Fashion

Tommy Genesis was recruited by Calvin Klein for their Fall 2016 campaign along with other musical artists. In 2017 she collaborated with rapper M.I.A. at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

Lyricism

Gender and sexuality are common themes in Genesis' music and she has described herself as a "fetish rapper". She is also an advocate against girl-on-girl cyberbullying.

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Singles

Guest appearances and collaborations

* "Vamp" by Father, ''Who's Gonna Get Fucked First?'' (2015) *"Big Boi" by Abra, ''Princess'' EP (2016) * ''Baby.Daddy.'' (EP, 2016)Listen to Baby.Daddi's Dreamy Self-Titled Debut
Papermag.com *"Enough" by Dakari ft. G-Eazy, Jozzy (2018) *"2pennies" by Lil West, ''Vex Part 1'' (2019) * "Rough 7" by JPEGMAFIA (2020)

Tours

Headlining * God is Wild Tour (2019) Supporting * Dua Lipa – The Self-Titled Tour (2018) *

–

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(2019)

References

External links

Official website
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