Tigarah

Who is Tigarah?

Tigarah, is a Japanese rapper whose music contains elements of Grime, Crunk, Baltimore Club, Miami Base, Ghetto Tech, Glitch Hop, Old school hip-hop and pop. and she raps and sings in English, Japanese and French. She has a growing following in both Japan and the United States. She currently lives in Paris, France and also spent time in Tokyo and Los Angeles, California. Tigarah, by her admission, means "girl like a tiger."

The same year that she entered Keio University in Tokyo to contemplate a career as an ambassador, Tigarah found Baile Funk through her Brazilian friends in Tokyo and began to rap and record on her own. Soon after she started writing music, she went to Sao Paulo, Brazil to make her music career there. On a trip to Rio De Janeiro, she met MR.D whose Swiss DJ/producer who was based in L.A. Eventually she began to record professionally in the studio with him, spending much of her time in L.A.

After recording her first seven songs with MR.D, Tigarah generated buzz on Myspace. Within months, she received press attention from Blender Magazine, URB, "XLR8R", "Dazed & Confused" and the Los Angeles Times, BPM, Rolling Stones, Folha de São Paulo, Sonic, NPR radio, etc. The head of Universal UK quickly signed her for a multi-album deal for Universal Japan International in 2007.