Tierra Whack

[8] Whack has since collaborated with Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Tyler, the Creator, Chief Keef, and Melanie Martinez.

[10] As a child, Whack loved the author Dr. Seuss to the extent that she would rhyme the sentences together in her homework assignments.

She later asked her mother for composition books to fill with rhymes and lyrics before she eventually started recording herself.

[11] Whack attended The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush in Philadelphia for three years before finishing high school in Atlanta.

[4] At Benjamin Rush, she was a vocal major and was one of the few black students in a predominantly white graduating class.

At around fifteen, Whack who went by the moniker "Dizzle Dizz" appeared in a 2011 freestyle video produced by Philadelphia's underground music collective We Run the Streets.

[13] She released several tracks as Dizzle Dizz including "Dizzy Rascvls", but struggled with depression in the months afterwards.

[4] After going to Atlanta with her mother, Whack began working at a Mister Car Wash allowing her to save for a Mac laptop and start recording her music.

She was often the only woman working on the line at the car wash, and her former manager said she was a memorable person with an impressive drive, which Whack credits to her mother.

[9] By the time she returned to Philadelphia, she had a laptop full of two years' worth of music, which she never ended up sharing with anyone.

During that time she was homeless for three months and hopped around staying at friends' homes but refused to return to Atlanta.

[9] By 2015, Whack was in Philadelphia and she reconnected with Kenete Simms, a sound engineer and music producer whom she knew from her teenage years.

In October 2017, she released "Mumbo Jumbo", a hip-hop single and accompanying music video which featured the young rapper performing while wearing a mouth prop.

as the "Missy Elliott" of this generation, Whack has gained a great amount of acclaim for the creativity and eccentricity of her music videos.

Even though she mentioned seeing potential in each of the artists, Remy said, "I pick(ed) her because I feel like she brought the entire package as far as the song, the delivery, the vocals, and the actual visual.

Briana Younger, the writer for The Fader, wrote that "popular and mainstream rap hasn't championed a darker-skinned woman since Missy Elliot...and Whack seems poised to be the one."

"[15] Whack collaborated with Flying Lotus on the song "Yellow Belly" for his 2019 album Flamagra and she was later named as one of the members of XXL's "2019 Freshman Class" on June 20, 2019.

Whack co-wrote and was featured in Melanie Martinez's single "Copy Cat", which was released on February 10, 2020.

[36] In June 2024, she performed a Tiny Desk Concert featuring some songs from her new album; "Mood Swing","Accessible", "Ms. Behave", "Imaginary Friends", "Moovies", "27 Club" and "Shower Song" as well as earlier favorites: "Flea Market", "Pretty Ugly", and "Hungry Hippo".

[38] Whack cites Outkast, Erykah Badu, Busta Rhymes, and Kelis as some of her musical influences.