# Tuka (rapper)

Brendan Tuckerman (born 20 March 1985), who performs as Tuka, is an Australian hip hop artist from the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. He is a member of Thundamentals and a previous member of Rumpunch and Connect 4. He is also a solo artist, having released three studio albums, and he co-produces his original music. He supported Horrorshow on their "Listen Close" tour and in late 2015 toured Australia and the US on his first headline tour to support his third album Life Death Time Eternal (10 July 2015). He felt this album was less introspective. It peaked at number 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

## Influences

Tuckerman cites Wu-Tang Clan and "people like Mos Def" as role models when younger (though if it were now, it would be Kendrick Lamar). Additionally, Tuckerman has described acts such as Urthboy and Ozi Batla of The Herd as musically "super inspiring".

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions shown :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | AUS |
| Will Rap for Tuka | Released: 5 November 2010 Label: Big Village Formats: CD, digital download | — |
| Feedback Loop | Released: 26 October 2012 Label: Big Village Formats: CD, digital download | 92 |
| Life Death Time Eternal | Released: 10 July 2015 Label: EMI Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming | 6 |
| Nothing in Common But Us | Released: 31 July 2020 Label: EMI Australia, Universal Music Australia Formats: CD, digital download, streaming | 45 |

### Extended plays

List of EPs, with release date and label shown :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | AUS |
| Alive Death Time Eternal Sessions (Live) | Released: 18 March 2016 Label: EMI Formats: Digital download | 80 |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with year released and album shown :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Just to Feel Wanted" | 2012 | Feedback Loop |
| "Die a Happy Man" (featuring Jane Tyrell) | 2012 | Feedback Loop |
| "Too Soon" | 2013 | Feedback Loop |
| "Nirvana" | 2015 | Life Death Time Eternal |
| "Tattoo" | 2015 | Life Death Time Eternal |
| "My Star" | 2015 | Life Death Time Eternal |
| "Naked Heart" | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "F*ck You Pay Me" | 2019 | Nothing in Common But Us |
| "Selling Me Out" | 2019 | Nothing in Common But Us |
| "Trailer Trash" | 2019 | Nothing in Common But Us |
| "Dickheads" (featuring Alex the Astronaut) | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "January 1st" | 2020 | Nothing in Common But Us |
| "Wish I Knew" | 2020 | Nothing in Common But Us |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |||

#### As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with year released and album shown :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Christmas Number 1" ("Triple J and Friends") | 2013 | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |||

### Music videos

List of music videos, with year released and director shown :
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "Time & Space" | 2012 | Dean Wells |
| "Die a Happy Man" (featuring Jane Tyrell) | 2012 | Primo Creative |
| "Christmas Number 1" (Triple J & Friends) | 2013 | None |
| "Nirvana" | 2015 | Oh Yeah Wow |
| "Yeah Right" | 2015 | Tuka & Sean McDermott |
| "Tattoo" | 2015 | Adam Callen |
| "My Star" | 2015 | Harry Hunter & Mike Williamson |

### Guest appearances

List of non-single featured appearances, with year released and album shown :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "We've Arrived" (Chasm featuring Jeswon, Tuka, Skryptcha, Scott Burns, Rinse & Dialectrix) | 2012 | This Is How We Never Die |
| "Tipping Point" (Surburban Dark featuring Tuka & Elemont) | 2013 | Second Front |
| "Waste Your Time" (Remix) (Horrorshow featuring Tuka) | 2014 | Nice Guys Finish Last (B-side) |
| "House of the Rising Sun" (alt-J featuring Tuka) | 2018 | Reduxer |