Tierra Whack

Tierra Whack (born August 11, 1995) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter from North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a teenager, she performed as Dizzle Dizz and reverted back to her birth name in 2017. She is best known for her debut album, Whack World, which received widespread critical acclaim and a Best Music Video nomination for the 2019 Grammy Awards. 2Early life and education Whack was born in 1995 and raised by her mother in Philadelphia. She has two younger siblings. In a 2018 interview with The Fader, Whack mentions that she and her father are estranged.Whack attended The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush for three years before finishing high school in Atlanta, Georgia. At Benjamin Rush, she was a vocal major and fine arts minor, and was one of few black students in a predominantly white graduating class. With some difficulty, she and her friends persuaded their principal to let them perform the finale number from Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit for the school talent show, and Whack performed a rap verse. Later in Whack's career, she toured with Lauryn Hill, who starred in the 1993 film. At age fifteen, Whack appeared in a 2011 freestyle video produced by Philadelphia's underground music collective We Run the Street