Tommy Genesis

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Tommy Genesis
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Genesis in 2023
Background information
Birth nameGenesis Yasmine Mohanraj
Born Vancouver, Canada
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • model
Years active2013–present [1]
Labels
Website tommygenesis.com

Genesis Yasmine Mohanraj, [2] known by her stage name Tommy Genesis, is a Canadian rapper and model. In 2016, Dazed magazine described her as "the internet's most rebellious underground rap queen". Her music incorporates experimental style and often sexual verses. [3] Her debut album titled Tommy Genesis was released in November 2018. Her second album Goldilocks X was released in September 2021.

Contents

Early life and education

Genesis was born in Vancouver, Canada. She is of Malayali, [4] Tamil and Swedish descent. [5] She graduated from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design [6] where she studied film and sculpture. [7] Genesis is her birth name. [8]

Career

Music

Genesis started recording rap in 2013 as part of a project called G3NESIS. [1] In 2015 Genesis signed with Awful Records and released her debut mixtape WorldVision. [5] In 2017 she signed with Downtown Records/Universal. 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. [9]

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. [10] [11] Later, British singer-songwriter Charli XCX 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 ROUGH 7.

In 2023, she appeared on Lana Del Rey's ninth studio album Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd on the 15th track, "Peppers", which samples her 2015 song "Angelina". [12]

Fashion

Tommy Genesis was recruited by Calvin Klein for their Fall 2016 campaign along with other musical artists. [5] In 2017 she collaborated with rapper M.I.A. at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. [13]

Lyricism

Gender and sexuality are common themes in Genesis' music and she has described herself as a "fetish rapper". [3] She is also an advocate against girl-on-girl cyberbullying. [14]

Personal life

Genesis is bisexual. [15]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Tommy Genesis [16]
Goldilocks X [17]
  • Released: September 10, 2021
  • Label: Downtown Records, Interscope Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, vinyl

Mixtapes

TitleDetails
World Vision [18]

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Art"2016non-album singles
"They Cum They Go"
"Empty"2017
"Tommy"Tommy Genesis
"Lucky"2018non-album single
"100 Bad"
(solo or remix featuring Charli XCX)		Tommy Genesis
"Daddy"
"Bad Boy"
"I'm Yours"2019non-album singles
"I'm Gone"
(with Jozzy)
"Cinderelly"
"Bricks"
(with Charli XCX)
"Peppermint"2021Goldilocks X
"A Woman Is a God"
(solo or featuring Bia)
"Burn the Witch"
(with Pvris and Alice Longyu Gao) [19] 		2024TBA

Guest appearances and collaborations

Tours

Headlining

Supporting

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  3. 1 2 "New Face, Fresh Style: 'Fetish Rapper' & New Downtown Records Signee Tommy Genesis". Billboard.com. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ "fun fact im Tamil and Malayali" Via instagram
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  16. ↑ Marsh, Ariana. "Meet the New Queen of the Underground Hip-Hop Scene". Teen Vogue. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
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  19. ↑ "PVRIS teams up with Tommy Genesis and Alice Longyu-Gao for for[sic] brutal new single 'Burn The Witch". NME . February 17, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  20. ↑ Listen to Baby.Daddi's Dreamy Self-Titled Debut, Papermag.com
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