TisaKorean
TisaKorean
TisaKorean (born September 15, 1994) is a rapper and dancer coming out of Houston, Texas. He became popular with "Dip," a track featuring his stark, almost tinny production style and jabbing rhymes filled with comic humor. This viral success led to a deal with a major label, the 2019 album A Guide to Being a Partying Freshman, and a collaboration with Chance the Rapper.
He is also a producer influenced by the jiggin dance style of his hometown of Houston.
Early Life
TisaKorean was born as Domonic Patten on September 15, 1994 in the United States. Tisa has always been a little different — from the words he says, to the clothes he wears, and, now, in the music he makes. As a teenager, the Houston native became known as a dancer and DJ at a time when dance-focused Texas rappers like Yung Rich Nation and BeatKing dominated the scene.
Career
TisaKorean started producing tracks in 2017 and made some headway with the guttural and ringing "Werkkk."
Soon came the wilder and similarly terse "Dip," which took off in 2018, swept up in the "Woah" dance craze.
Tisa, who hadn't intended to tap into the dance-rap zeitgeist, continued to crank out more singles and signed a partnership deal with Atlantic.
In 2019, he issued the full-length A Guide to Being a Partying Freshman and an EP entitled Soapy Club.
Between the two releases, he was featured on Chance the Rapper's "Groceries."
I always been fresh and partying, though. That's how my music relate to this. When I was in high school, I used to DJ and party all day. That's why [my album] is A Guide To Being A Partying Freshman 'cause literally my whole life I partied and my music is dancey and up. In high school, I used to dance in the hallways — I used to do videos and everything. My senior year, I ended up getting— what is it called?
His own music, while indebted to these pioneers, is much weirder. The beats he makes are sparse and dissonant, creating a sound that’s sort of detached from an era — they’d sound just as at home on a mid-2000s Soulja Boy tape as they do in Triller and TikTok videos. As he does on his viral hit “Dip,” he sometimes raps in an exaggeratedly deep voice that sounds like Patrick Star.[20][21]