Biography Story: Tinashe Kachingwe

BIOGRAPHY STORY: TINASHE KACHINGWE Figure 1 Tinashe Kachingwe TINASHE BACKGROUND Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe born on the 6th of February 1993 is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, and actress. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky and moved to Los Angeles as a child to pursue a career in entertainment. Her notable roles included as a motion- capture model in the animated film ‘The Polar Express’ in 2004, Robin Wheeler in the Cartoon Network television series ‘Out of Jimmy’s Head’ (2007–2008), and a recurring role in the CBS series ‘Two and a Half Men’ (2008–2009). Tinashe is the eldest child of college professors Michael and Aimie Kachingwe. Her father is a professor who teaches acting at California State Polytechnic University and a first generation immigrant of the Shona people of Zimbabwe, while her mother, who is of Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Irish and English descent, teaches physical therapy at California State University, Northridge. Her parents met each other on a blind date during their time as undergrads at the University of Iowa. Tinashe's name means "We have God" in the Shona language. She has two younger brothers, Thulani and Kudzai. She and her family moved to Los Angeles, California when she was eight years old. She attended Crescenta Valley High School for a year before finishing early to pursue a career in music. WHY I AM PROFILING THE ARTIST The main reason I am profiling her because she had raised the country flag of Zimbabwe high. She is one of the few Zimbabweans to achieve such goals to be in the biggest movie and music industry in Hollywood. Being that said she is a great inspiration to a young African girl that she can achieve her dreams in a world market through hard work. HER GOALS Tinashe scored roles in a number of TV shows, movies, and children's videos in the early 2000s, including the movie ‘Cora Unashamed’ (2000), ‘Call Me Claus’ (2001), ‘Masked and Unmasked’ (2003) amongst others. Although she was uncredited in the poorly received Masked and Anonymous observed at the film's 2003 Sundance Film Festival premiere "the one performer in the movie whose performance actually was applauded; that was a young black girl named Tinashe Kachingwe, who sings 'The Times They Are A-Changing'' with such sweetness and belief that she is like a master class." TINASHE’S SETBACKS AND HOW SHE OVERCAME THE CHALLENGES Tinashe as a young black women she faced various challenges. Despite releasing a handful of pop- R&B bangers (the DJ Mustard co-produced 2 On; certified bop Player); a coterie of elegant, and being hailed by the likes of NME and Pitchfork as the next Aaliyah, her career has unquestionably delayed. “Things have not always gone according to my original plan,” she says calmly, “but that’s life, and things change.” Any normal person in this situation might want to flip a table in frustration, I suggest. “However long it takes, I know I will get to my end goal,” she says. “I am never going to stop. I will make music forever.” To prove her point, the background image on her phone is a generic picture of a Grammy, and it will stay like that until she can swap it for one of her own. A growing actor and dancer from the age of five, her parents Zimbabwean immigrant father Michael and Danish mother Aimie relocated from Kentucky to Los Angeles to keep up with her auditions. “I was very aware of my parents and our financial situation,” she says of the pressure. She also states that studio-based sexism is something she feels also saturates the music industry more generally, and has been a factor in her stop-start career so far. “It’s so much easier for male artists, I know it is,” she says. Tinashe’s mixed race heritage, which was used “as another example of why she was different” during those difficult school years, also remains an issue. “There is colourism involved in the black community, which is very apparent,” she says carefully. “It is about trying to find a balance where I am a mixed woman, and sometimes I feel like I do not fully fit into the black community; they do not fully accept me, even though I see myself as a black woman. That disconnect is confusing sometimes.” HER ACHIEVEMENTS Despite all the obstacle she managed to overcome against all odds. Tinashe received the 2015 YouTube Music Awards in the category ‘50 Artists to Watch’. The same year, she received BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards for the Most Performed R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for her single ‘2 On’. In 2016, she won Ivor Novello Awards for Best Contemporary Song for ‘All My Friends’. Tinashe Kachingwe’s inescapable “2 On” was one of the defining songs of 2014, and her unpredictably smoky Aquarius, was the year’s best R&B album as well. A new perfectionist whose label let her take her time with her debut, the former child actress has managed to get along with collaborators as disparate as Nick Jonas, Calvin Harris and Charlie Sheen. Tinashe is now working on more collaboration after she featured with Offset on her latest track titled ‘No Drama’ and on the remix of ‘No Guidance’ with Chris Brown and Drake (2019). There is more to unleash on this young talented young woman in the upcoming few years. Reference Got the information from The Famous People, Famous birthdays and also Pindula news. .

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