# Tommy Genesis

Genesis Yasmine Mohanraj, known by her stage name Tommy Genesis, is a Canadian rapper and model. In 2016, Dazed magazine described her as "the internet's most rebellious underground rap queen". Her music incorporates experimental style and often sexual verses. Her debut album titled Tommy Genesis was released in November 2018. Her second album Goldilocks X was released in September 2021.

## Early life and education

Genesis was born in Vancouver, Canada. She is of Malayali, Tamil and Swedish descent. She graduated from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design where she studied film and sculpture. Genesis is her birth name.

## Career
### Music

Genesis started recording rap in 2013 as part of a project called G3NESIS. In 2015 Genesis signed with Awful Records and released her debut mixtape World Vision. In 2017 she signed with Downtown Records/Universal. She collaborated with Abra, another artist from Awful Records, on the track "Hair Like Water Wavy Like the Sea" from Genesis's debut mixtape World Vision.
On July 28, 2018, she released the single "100 Bad". This song is the second collaboration that Tommy made with the music producer Charlie Heat, with whom she previously collaborated on the 2017 song "Tommy". The song is featured on her debut album, Tommy Genesis through Downtown/The Orchard. Later, British singer-songwriter Charli XCX released a remix of "100 Bad" on September 7. Her debut album, Tommy Genesis was released on November 9, 2018.
In 2020, she collaborated with American experimental hip-hop artist JPEGMAFIA on his ep called EP!, on the track ROUGH 7.
In 2023, she appeared on Lana Del Rey's ninth studio album Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd on the 15th track, "Peppers", which samples her 2015 song "Angelina".

### Fashion

Tommy Genesis was recruited by Calvin Klein for their Fall 2016 campaign along with other musical artists. In 2017 she collaborated with rapper M.I.A. at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

## Lyricism

Gender and sexuality are common themes in Genesis' music and she has described herself as a "fetish rapper". She is also an advocate against girl-on-girl cyberbullying.

## Personal life

Genesis is bisexual.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Details |
| Tommy Genesis | Released: November 9, 2018 Label: Downtown Records Format: Digital download, streaming, vinyl |
| Goldilocks X | Released: September 10, 2021 Label: Downtown Records, Interscope Records Format: Digital download, streaming, vinyl |

### Mixtapes

| Title | Details |
| World Vision | Released: July 2, 2015 Label: Awful Records Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Art" | 2016 | non-album singles |
| "They Cum They Go" | 2016 | non-album singles |
| "Empty" | 2017 | non-album singles |
| "Tommy" | 2017 | Tommy Genesis |
| "Lucky" | 2018 | non-album single |
| "100 Bad" (solo or remix featuring Charli XCX) | 2018 | Tommy Genesis |
| "Daddy" | 2018 | Tommy Genesis |
| "Bad Boy" | 2018 | Tommy Genesis |
| "I'm Yours" | 2019 | non-album singles |
| "I'm Gone" (with Jozzy) | 2019 | non-album singles |
| "Cinderelly" | 2019 | non-album singles |
| "Bricks" (with Charli XCX) | 2019 | non-album singles |
| "Peppermint" | 2021 | Goldilocks X |
| "A Woman Is a God" (solo or featuring Bia) | 2021 | Goldilocks X |
| "Burn the Witch" (with Pvris and Alice Longyu Gao) | 2024 | F.I.L.T.H |

### Guest appearances and collaborations

* "Vamp" by Father, Who's Gonna Get Fucked First? (2015)
* "Big Boi" by Abra, Princess EP (2016)
* Baby.Daddy. (EP, 2016)
* "Enough" by Dakari ft. G-Eazy, Jozzy (2018)
* "2pennies" by Lil West, Vex Part 1 (2019)
* "Rough 7" by JPEGMafia, EP! (2020)
* LET IT GO by Rilès (2020) Cj_rabii
* "Peppers" by Lana Del Rey, Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (2023)
* "Disco" by Nessa Barrett, AFTERCARE (2024)

## Tours

Headlining
* God is Wild Tour (2019)
Supporting
* Dua Lipa – The Self-Titled Tour (2018)
* Charli XCX – Charli Live Tour (2019)
* Poppy - Godless/Goddess Tour (2023; with Pvris)
* Ashnikko - The Weedkiller Tour (2023)