{"id":87763,"date":"2024-06-14T15:03:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T19:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/06\/14\/20-questions-with-tina-hoodcelebrityy-ascendant-new-york-artist-discusses-name-change-new-project-growing-up-in-jamaica\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T15:03:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T19:03:50","slug":"20-questions-with-tina-hoodcelebrityy-ascendant-new-york-artist-discusses-name-change-new-project-growing-up-in-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/06\/14\/20-questions-with-tina-hoodcelebrityy-ascendant-new-york-artist-discusses-name-change-new-project-growing-up-in-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Questions With Tina (Hoodcelebrityy): Ascendant New York Artist Discusses Name Change, New Project & Growing Up in\u00a0Jamaica\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tA new era calls for a new name: Nearly ten years after she first hit the scene with the hypnotic \u201cWine Pon It,\u201d Jamaican-born, Bronx-bred singer-rapper Tina has shed her Hoodcelebrityy<\/a> moniker, opting to go by her given name instead. \u201cHoodcelebrityy\u201d may have been demoted to a parenthetical \u2013 the SEO gods are always watching \u2013 but the persona that earned her her very first Billboard<\/em> chart hit, 2017\u2019s \u201cWalking Trophy,\u201d remains in full force throughout her fiery new project.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tReleased via KSR Group on May 17, Tina vs. Hoodcelebrityy \u2013 <\/em>her second full-length project and first in seven years \u2013 diligently hones Tina\u2019s unique mixture of reggae, rap, dancehall and R&B, resulting in a breezy 10-track set that explores her dual sonic profiles while offering a sultry prelude to Caribbean Heritage Month. Her softer, more melodic side shines on standout tracks such as \u201cRoses\u201d and \u201cDolly,\u201d while her gruffer, New York drill-informed side reigns supreme on cuts like \u201cHype Me Up\u201d and \u201cPressure.\u201d Seven years after Trap vs. Reggae<\/em> reached No. 9 on Top Reggae Albums<\/a>, Tina takes the binary approach of that record and flips it into a lens through which she can honor the different parts of her cultural and sonic identity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMy biggest hope for this project is for people \u2014 not just my fans \u2014 to see the quality of my music and how versatile I am as an artist and to not ever put me in a box,\u201d she muses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWith a performance at Reggae Fest and a tour on the horizon, Tina is ready to reintroduce herself to the world with a collection of records that are sexy, fearless odes to the wonders of genre fusion. In a thoughtful conversation with Billboard<\/em>, Tina details her new project, the evolution of New York\u2019s sound, working with Shaggy, her name change, and what she still carries with her from growing up in Jamaica.<\/p>\n

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