TORSHANDA
DISCOGODDESS: HI TORSHANDA. THANK YOU FOR
SHARING A LITTLE OF YOUR
TIME TODAY TO DISCUSS
WITH US YOUR MUSICAL
JOURNEY.
DISCOGODDESS: THANKS.
MY PLEASURE. YOU ARE A
HIP HOP ARTIST WITH AN
INSPIRATIONAL FLARE. WHAT
MAKES YOU WHO YOU ARE?
TORSHANDA:
I GREW UP TAKING CARE OF
BROTHERS AND SISTERS. I
DIDN’T HAVE MUCH TIME
FOR MYSELF. I DIDN’T HAVE
A ROLE MODEL. I STARTED
LISTENING TO WOMEN IN HIP
HOP, LIKE QUEEN LATIFAH,
M C LYTE. I DIDN’T HAVE A
ROLE MODEL. I LOOKED UP
TO THEM. I WANT TO BE AN
INSPIRATION TO OTHERS BY
FOLLOWING MY DREAMS
AND ENCOURAGING YOUNG
WOMEN TO DO THE SAME. I
WANT TO INSPIRE MEN TOO
– EVERYBODY. IF YOU PUT
GOD FIRST, YOU CAN’T GO
WRONG. WITH MY MUSIC
ITS NOT ALL ABOUT BOOTY
SHAKING AND GOING TO THE
CLUB (LAUGHING) I PRAISE
GOD IN EVERYTHING I DO.
EVEN AT A HIP HOP CLUB, I
BRING CHURCH WITH ME.
GO IN ORDER TO SPEND
MOST OF MY TIME AND
ENERGY ON ACHIEVING
MY GOALS. AND YOU
WILL SUCCEED.
TORSHANDA:
I HAVE A SONG CALLED,
“SOMEBODY LOVES
YOU”
I HAVE A BEST FRIEND
THAT TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE. TO MAKE
A LONG STORY SHORT.
SHE DIDN’T HAVE ANYONE TO LOOK UP TO.
SHE TRIED TO KILL HERSELF. SHE CALLED ME
BEFORE SHE TRIED TO
DO IT AND I TOLD HER I
LOVE HER. DON’T EVER
THINK NO ONE LOVES
YOU. GOD LOVES YOU.
I HAD TO TELL HER MY
STORY OF WHAT I WENT
THROUGH IN LIFE. THEN
SHE TOLD ME OK TORSHANDA, I’M NOT GOING TO DO THIS TO MYSELF ANYMORE. THANK
YOU FOR HELPING ME.
AND I WROTE THAT
SONG TO LET ANYBODY
OUT HERE KNOW THATS
CRYING RIGHT NOW
OR DOWN RIGHT NOW,
DON’T THINK NO ONE
LOVES YOU. GOD LOVES
YOU AND PEOPLE OUT
AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY
SHOW, I LET THE AUDIENCE
KNOW I HAVE TO SPREAD
GOD’S WORD AND I SAY IF YOU
BELIEVE IN HIM THEN YOUR
DREAMS WILL COME TRUE.
NOW LETS GET THIS SHOW ON
THE ROAD!!
DISCOGODDESS: (LAUGHING) ALL RIGHT NOW! THAT’S
A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO START
THE PARTY.
TORSHANDA:
AND THAT’S MY TESTIMONY.
I WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE I AM LIVING MY
DREAMS AND I AM A ROLE
MODEL. I LOOK UP TO MYSELF
AND PAT MYSELF ON THE BACK
AND SAY “YOU’RE DOING IT
GIRL” (LAUGHING)
DISCOGODDESS: I LOVE
THAT.
TORSHANDA:
THANKS. I FOUND OUT IN LIFE
YOU HAVE TO TAKE A JOURNEY. MY JOURNEY CONSISTS
OF 3 STEPS: 1. PUT GOD FIRST 2.
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO
IN LIFE, MAKE SURE IT IS WHAT
YOU REALLY WANT TO DO 3.
GOING HARD AT IT – DEDICATION. THERE IS GOING TO BE
SOME THINGS IN LIFE THAT
YOU GONNA HAVE TO LET GO.
I USED TO PARTY HARD AND
DRINK A LOT BUT I HAD TO
LET SOME OF THOSE THINGS
“I DIDN’T HAVE A ROLE MODEL. I
LOOKED UP TO THEM. I WANT TO BE
AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS BY FOLLOWING MY DREAMS AND ENCOURAGING
YOUNG WOMEN TO DO THE SAME.”
115/F-STYLE CHICAGO