Name |
Tinashe Kachingwe |
Height |
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Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
6-February-1993 |
Place of Birth |
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Famous for |
singing |
Tinashe Jorgenson Kachingwe, known mononymously as Tinashe, is an American singer-songwriter, actress, dancer and former model. She began her music career as a member of the girl-group the Stunners before embarking on a solo career.
After the disbandment of the Stunners in 2011, Tinashe announced intentions for a solo career. After meeting with several labels, Tinashe signed her first major solo deal with RCA Records in 2012. She featured on several other artists songs until releasing her first official body of solo material In Case We Die in February 2012. She followed with her second mixtape Reverie in September 2012. She is currently promoting Reverie while simultaneously working on her debut solo album, due for release in 2013.
She was born in Kentucky and named "Tinashe", which means "We are with God" in Shona.[citation needed] At age eight she moved to Los Angeles, California where she later attended Crescenta Valley High School for a year before finishing early. She is of half-Zimbabwean and half-Irish/Norwegian/Danish descent. Before starting a music career, she was a model and actress, and appeared in movies and TV shows with actors such as Tom Hanks and Charlie Sheen.