[1][2] Hailed by The Globe and Mail as one of the bands responsible for Toronto's emergence as a "music capital",[3] original group members Tasha Dash and Icon the Anomali released their debut album It Factor in 2008[2] after becoming a staple in Toronto's Queen West music scene,[3] and soon came into national visibility in 2009 with their debut single "Playboy".
Following the single's success at radio[4] and its appearance in Tyler Perry's blockbuster movie, I Can Do Bad All By Myself,[citation needed] CCK added DJ Danthrax, the third member, and together the group wrote and produced the second album, Neon Black (released July 2011).
[5] Singles include "Neon Black" (remixed by DJ Green Lantern, Che Vicious, and Bonjay) and "Light Up This City".
Band members Icon the Anomali and Tasha Dash met while working at a downtown Toronto restaurant in their late teens.
Originally from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, she grew up playing in rock bands and moved to Toronto after high school because of a lack of "opportunities to do hip-hop and electronic" in her hometown.