Tana (rapper)

Steven Dale Lewis II (born November 14, 2006), known professionally as Tana (stylized in all lowercase; formerly known as BabySantana) or (BANA) is an American rapper, singer, record producer, and songwriter. He rose popularity to his singles "14" and "Antisocial", which gained on TikTok and SoundCloud. He later singed to Galactic Records, a subsidiary of Republic Records, in a late 2021.
Early life
Steven Dale Lewis II was born on November 14, 2006, in Columbus, Georgia and was raised by his single mother, due to separation. Growing up in Columbus, Lewis and his older brother would work at a bread factory, where he would save up money to buy equipment to make songs — along with financial help from his supportive mother. He would record his songs in a small closet in his house, while engineering, mixing and mastering all of his songs on Audacity at the time. He has now upgraded to FL Studio.
Career
2018-2020: Beginnings and breakthrough
Tana successfully started his music career in 2018 from the YouTube channel and the SoundCloud page for sharing the music genre. He began making music at age 11.  He formed the now-defunct 1500 — collective with his only friends, include Slump6s, Maajins, Luisss, and PCAJay amongst others.  name=":0"> He goes by the name BabySantana. 
2020-2021: Prada, Antisocial, 14, and Gaultier
Tana then received mainstream attention in 2020, after his single "Prada" went viral on platforms including TikTok; which would lead to a remix with a fellow rapper Lil Tecca.  name="Pitchfork"> He released three projects in that year, those being Recreation, Quan, and Planet Sosa.

Tana was later peak in 2021, after his single Antisocial, featuring Slump6s, would go viral on platforms, which also lead to an official sequel with SSGKobe, Xhulooo and Yung Fazo.

Alongside Lil Tecca, Tana is currently associated with other artists including Ka$hdami, Midwxst, yvngxchris among others. He is signed to Galactic Records, a subsidiary of Republic Records, although he allegedly still continues to release music independently through his SoundCloud and YouTube pages. He is considered to be part of an new generation of SoundCloud rappers who are "adopting a similar aesthetic and rip-roaring rebellious sound". He and fellow rapper Ka$hdami, featured on the Lyrical Lemonade YouTube channel with their track "14" on July 20, 2021. In September 2021, he was featured on Midwxst's EP Back In Action.

In 2022, Tana released his debut studio album Gaultier (at one point the album was called whiteleige), which is set for an October 2022 release date. In August, Tana released the single "Swaggin Like This" (stylized in all lowercase), and followed it up with "Hell Yeah" less than a week later. 
 In February 2022, Lil Tecca announced the tour dates for his "Tecca Loves You" tour where Tana was set to be a special guest. In April 2022, he performed in Montreal alongside Lil Tecca, Bktherula and yvngxchris. Also in April 2022, he was announced to be perform at the Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash. In August 2022, he released a single with British rapper Lancey Foux titled "Swaggin Like This".
Musical style and influences
Tana grew up being heavily inspired by the Chicago rap scene led by Chief Keef and the late Fredo Santana, who upon inspired his rap name, along with BabyTron. Tana has also stated XXXTentacion and Ski Mask the Slump God are his idols. Many of his songs explore wide variety of genres, which including rage, hip-hop, plugg, and trap.
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