Tasha & Tracie Okereke is a Brazilian rapper duo formed by twin sisters who work in art, fashion, activism and music.
At the age of 16, they attended Batalha de Santa Cruz, an open space for rhymes at the exit of the Santa Cruz Metro. There, they watched women who became their references. They needed money, to start their career with rhymes but couldn’t afford. They started DJing, and learned everything by themselves without the necessary equipment and under judgmental eyes.
And, thanks to the duo’s musical curation, it worked. As the sisters’ set rocked the night, they prepared to become MCs. Since they were little, they were sure that they wanted to make music, but, out of respect for Hip Hop, they didn’t have the courage. Because they started to have and there, they saw what their work had to offer the movement.
The univitelline twins became more and more known in the underground scene of São Paulo, for starting in national rap as DJs,and dedicating themselves to other areas as art directors, designers and speakers, calling themselves “peripheral activists”. Until they signed with the Ceia ent seal. and finally debut as MCs, launching the first musical project “Cachorra Kmikze”, soon after the acclaimed EP “Rouff” was released, in partnership with rapper Ashira. The EP reached one million streams.
In 2020, they released the song “Tang” in partnership with rapper Kyan, which later went viral on the social network TikTok. Throughout 2020, they released the songs “Pouco”, “Agouro” and “Salve”, occupying more and more space in the music scene.
In 2022, the duo was nominated for several awards, including winning the “Revelation” category of the WME Awards by Music2 and Singer Revelation of the Geração Glamor Award, they were the only Brazilians nominated for the BET Hip Hop Awards 2022 in the category “Best International Flow ”,as well as being nominated for the 2022 Multishow Award in the categories “Double of the Year” and “Revelation of the Year”. In April 2022, they graced the cover of Elle magazine.
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