Tinashe Kachingwe

Tinashe puts up with her family in Los Angeles. She has a bedroom studio where she makes her music. Tinashe is a black belt in Taekwondo.

Not much is known about Tinashe’s dating background.

Tinashe Kachingwe was born on February 6, 1993 in Lexington, Kentucky to college professors Michael and Aimie Kachingwe. While her father taught acting, her mother was a teacher of physical therapy at California State University. She is the eldest sibling and has two younger brothers, Thulani and Kudzai. She is of mixed descent.

At the age of eight, Tinashe along with her family moved to Los Angeles, California. There she attended Crescenta Valley High School for a year before finishing early to pursue a career in music full-time.

Musically inclined as a child, Tinashe formally started studying ballet, tap, and jazz dancing when she was four years of age. Additionally, she competed in various competitions until she was 18.

In 2007, Tinashe embarked on her career. She found herself a place in the girl band, ‘The Stunners’ alongside Marisol Esparza, Allie Gonino, Hayley Kiyoko, and Kelsey Sanders. The band signed a record deal with Columbia Records. Their recorded single initially made for ‘iCarly’ soundtrack was never released.

In 2009, ‘The Stunners’ left Columbia Records and instead signed a production deal with Lionsgate Entertainment. Immediately thereafter, in March, the group released a single ‘Bubblegum’ on iTunes. Later in October, they released a 5-song EP influenced by artists such as Madonna, Gwen Stefani, and Rihanna.

The group’s first-ever music video for their promo single, ‘We Got It’ was released in 2010. Right after its release, they performed the song on The Today Show and The Wendy Williams Show. Later in the year, they signed a deal with Universal Republic Records and came up with the single ‘Dancin’ Around the Truth’. ‘The Stunners’ ended 2010 on a happy note with their fourth music video of the song ‘Spin the Bottle’ premiering on December 31st.

In 2011, The Stunners officially disbanded. Following this, Tinashe embarked on a solo career. Her first ever solo televised performance was for the Dodgers-Cubs game wherein she sang ‘God Bless America’.

Tinashe’s first solo music video released in June 2011. It was a cover of Lil Wayne’s single ‘How to Love’. The song was later released as a free digital download via Tinashe's official website. Next, Tinashe was featured on the dance single ‘Artificial People’ by OFM. She soon followed it up with the music video for her first original solo song ‘Can't Say No’.

Though Tinashe’s career launched in 2007, her biggest breakthrough came in with her debut single ‘2 On’ as a solo artist. It reached number one on the Rhythmic airplay chart, and peaked at number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The phenomenal success of her debut single led her to come up with her debut studio album ‘Aquarius’ in 2014 which was well received.