Tink (musician)

Trinity Laure'Ale Home (born March 18, 1995), better known by her stage name Tink, is an American rapper and R&B singer from Chicago, Illinois.

[3][5] Tink started singing in church when she was five years old[6][7] and began writing songs at age 11, including some for her father's friends.

[3][6] Tink's career officially began with the release of her 2011's mixtape, Winter's Diary, while she was still in high school under Lyrical Eyes Management.

[12][13] In 2013, she released her fourth mixtape, Boss Up, and she was featured on Future Brown's debut single "Wanna Party".

[14] In 2013, the buzz surrounding her mixtape releases and her collaboration with Future Brown, which led her to have a meeting with record executives in Los Angeles.

[15][16] In 2014, Tink performed alongside Sleigh Bells at South by Southwest (SXSW), and the acts released a joint single, "That Did It," on the same year.

[18] In October 2014, Tink signed a deal with Timbaland's Mosley Music Group, an imprint of Epic Records.

"[24] Frustrated by Mosley and Epic's resistance to letting her share new material with her fans, Tink returned to the formula that had initially earned her a loyal following, and released her third mixtape in the Winter's Diary series called Winter's Diary 3[25] which featured one of her most famous songs to date named "I Like".

That spring, she began to seek a permanent solution that would get her out of her contract with Mosley, eventually reaching an agreement with the label at the end of the year with the rights to her unreleased music.

Some of her early songs (like "Bad Girl") display some of the genre's hallmarks like aggressive beats and violent lyrics.

"[3] Much of the lyrical content in her music deals with complex emotional issues[3] that are geared toward a primarily teenage demographic.