January 12, 2023 – Santa Monica, CA – Today, breakout North Carolina rapper TiaCorine makes her major-label debut with “Yung Joc” featuring Luh Tyler. Listen HERE via Interscope Records. Raw and unfiltered, the confident track showcases the rising MC’s sparkling flow as well as her poise and presence. That also comes through in the accompanying video, which finds TiaCorine chilling with her girls. Watch it HERE.
“You a good looking bird, you a peacock and my music be keeping the streets hot,” the newcomer raps over relentless beats and drowsy synths. “We going have us some babies out wedlock.” Rapid-fire, bold and infectious, the empowering track turns the tables on hip-hop fare that sexualizes women. TiaCorine proves that she’s the one calling the shots in and out of the bedroom.
In the accompanying video, the rapper offers a stripped-down vibe, foregoing elaborate outfits and eye-catching locales for jeans and a tee while surrounded by her crew. Washed in warm filters and clever transitions, the visualizer depicts an artist in her element. Watch it HERE.
“Yung Joc” is TiaCorine’s first new single since releasing the viral remix of “FreakyT” featuring Latto last year. She first broke big in 2020 with “Lotto,” which has amassed more than 10 million streams on Spotify alone. The MC backed it up with her debut project 34Corine, which expanded into The Saga of 34Corine in 2021. A series of singles followed including “Gas Station” and “Dipset,” both of which would go on to appear on 2022’s I Can’t Wait, along with viral moments like “Chaka Khan” featuring Kenny Beats.
Now, with “Yung Joc,” TiaCorine forges ahead, showcasing her growth as an artist and a performer.
There’s a nostalgic hypnotism in TiaCorine’s music and style. TiaCorine’s roots lie in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a bustling, industrious city sat squarely in the middle of the Northern and Southern border of the U.S., making the young rapper’s music evocative of multiple coasts and styles while still anchored in a subtle, decidedly Southern foundation. While in college, Tia welcomed her first child and almost hung up the rap crown. “My friend had me come to the studio, and I made a song. And it just came back. It’s been over a year since I rapped or did anything, and it just was so easy and natural for me. I forgot I love music.” Calling back to her knowledge of piano and flute from her childhood, Tia brought her music theory knowledge to the studio to create the perfect ear worm.
“I made a song called ‘Cabbage’ with OGSpliff and I just started becoming a legend in Winston, because everybody was like, ‘Wow, this is a different sound you have. It’s hard,’” Tia says. In the middle of welcoming her first child and finishing her degree, Tia tapped into her passions within fashion, anime, hip-hop, and more to record songs sporadically throughout college. “Lotto,” christened with Sailor Moon sound bites and vicious, cocky bars nestled between a deceptively charming hook, Tia knew she couldn’t turn back now. The lethal pair of her 34Corineand Pussy EPs put her on the map leading into 2022’s I Can’t Wait. Toward the tail end of the year, the infectious, instructive “Freaky T” made its way online. From TikTok to the club, TiaCorine became inescapable. Since “Freaky T,” the Winston-Salem superhero has embarked on a tour with Key Glock, blessed her hit single with a remix from Latto, festival appearances, and more, having done all of this before her major label debut. Since signing with Interscope in 2023, TiaCorine intends to give audiences a taste of all the characters inside her.
TiaCorine – “Yung Joc” (feat Luh Tyler)
https://tiacorine.lnk.to/YungJoc
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