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INSPIRATION: HOW “BAD” GIRL TIARA THOMAS MET WALE & JOINED @THABOARD [VIDEO]
They say success happens when prepartion meets opportunity, and that’s exactly what happened for a college girl with a dream and a love for music…
The Indianapolis native traded contact information with Wale and record label, the Board Administration, and sent along some YouTube clips, hoping to make a lasting impression. When Wale finally reached out to Thomas three months later, he agreed to fly her and her father out to New York where he was working on his Seinfeld-themed mixtape, “More About Nothing.” The two collaborated on the acoustic-tinged track, “The Cloud,” which they eventually recorded an official video for.
Thomas made it clear in 2011 that she was taking her music career to the next level. In her artist Bio she recalls her childhood love of music and poetry, becoming discouraged as a female rapper, and teaching herself how to play guitar.
Tiara followed Cloud with a track she crafted that would eventually become “Bad.” The inspiration behind “Bad” came from an unexpected source. “There was this rap song called ‘Some Cut’ by Trillville. It used to be one of my favorite songs when I was younger. It’s really vulgar. I wanted to find a way to cover the song and make it sound pretty,” she says. “I started singing the words and then I just freestyled and started singing. I was like, ‘Dang, that’s tight!” Check out Tiara Thomas performing “Bad” solo and remixing some of the lyrics from her orginal track.
Her debut album “Sallie Mae” will drop later this year.
