Southern Plug Magazine: Leaders of the New School ft Remy Ma Volume 2 Issue 1 C | Page 59

Contemporary R&B singer and
songwriter Tinashe Jorgenson
Kachingwe, or simply Tinashe,
was known for her recurring role
on the sitcom Two and a Half
Men, in which she appeared
during the sixth and seventh
seasons. She also worked as a
voice actor and model prior to
scoring a Top 25 pop hit with her
breakthrough single, "2 On." Born
in Lexington, Kentucky, she moved to Los Angeles in the early 2000s. Toward
the end of the 2000s, after she had established her acting career, she joined
the Stunners, a short-lived teen pop group that recorded for Columbia and
Republic and opened for Justin Bieber during his My World tour. After the
group's 2011 split, Tinashe went solo with a low-key contemporary R&B
direction, released mixtapes, and ultimately signed with RCA. In 2013, she
collaborated with Jacques Greene on the one-off track "Painted Faces" and
released her third mixtape, Black Water, near the end of the year. In January
2014, she made her RCA debut with "2 On," a rattle-and-snap track on which
she was joined by ScHoolboy Q. It reached number 24 on the Billboard Hot
100. Appearances on Erik Hassle's "Innocence Lost" and RZA's "Doctor"
followed through that May. Her debut album, Aquarius, landed in October
and debuted at number 17. Singles such as "Player," "Superlove,"
"Company," and "Flame," along with the mixtapes Amethyst and Nightride,
preceded Tinashe's second proper album, Joyride, planned for 2017.