Established Artist Tuu Ra is Set To Release His Highly Anticipated Album Soon

After Tuu Ra’s exceptional single “Extraordinary” was released, we caught up with an insightful interview with such a talented artist to explore his eidetic experience and what he had to say about his incredible musical journey so far. Read below to learn some interesting details about Tuu Ra

Where do you originally hail from and where are you based now?

I’m originally from & currently reside in Brooklyn, New York, USA. My roots are Jamaican & Haitian.

“Extraordinary” is captivating from the start to finish with a unique sound and catchy lyrics. What was the inspiration behind the single?

I approached this instrumental produced by Kevin Mabz with no plan. Once I was in the flow of freestyling, the chorus I came up with just so happened to be perfect for the times, which was women’s appreciation month.

What has your musical journey been like? Run us through your story.

Inspired by my father who is a musician and some of my peers from jr high school, I began making music in 2006. My first song was a rap song called “Packin” over Mike Jones’ beat used for his song called Pac-man freestyle.

Not long after I was given a keyboard by my mother and the fl-studio music production software from my father. I began making my own beats in 2006 at the age of 14 and continued to write and release singles up until my first album titled “Cynosure’s Ascension” released in 2012 which was later dismantled due to poor recording quality. By this time I was producing beats for other artist and started collaborating as well.

In 2014 I released my second fully self-produced album titled “Nu Perception” on SoundCloud and dropped my first ever music video titled “Love Insight” filmed by my good friend Kenzo. In 2016 I released a 25 track beat tape titled “The Hip Hop Archives” on Bandcamp. After this I continued to release singles & videos but took a step back to work on myself spiritually and develop my vocals for singing. During this time I took courses for audio engineering and also attended workshops and made an effort to learn the music business.

In 2019 I decided to step foot in the world music genre finding my home in the Afrobeats/Afropop genres now being acknowledged as an AfroDancehall musician. Since then I was put in position to mentor several artists internationally between Ghana, Nigeria, and the Caribbean. As of now right now I’m wrapping up my 4th body of work of my music career taking things to a much higher level as I’ve had many setbacks over the years that I’ve mostly managed to conquer.

What were the biggest initial hurdles to pursuing your musical dreams and how did you overcome them?

My first initial hurdle in pursuing music was just hard life. Starting out very young, making bad choices, lack of support, the passing of family members who were very close to me and not being certain if I wanted to do music on a professional level. I overcame this all when I just sat down one day and saw how long I endured and remained consistent with music and the material I had to show since I started.

Do you have a favorite musical project that you’ve worked on?

Yeah, I would say it was the filming of my music video “Jubilate” I had to pass a test to get my boat certificate to be able to drive the boat for that music video. I had a great time out on the lake driving the boat. It was a very memorable experience.

Do you have any dream collaborations?

Oh sure.

Who are they?

I’ve always wanted to meet and work with Pharrell Williams & Ryan Leslie.

Are you working on any project right now and what can we expect from you in the future?

Yes. I’m currently putting the finishing touches to my album and releasing two music videos this year with some really dope featured artist. You can expect from me to get back into beat production & incorporating more of my other art mediums to my works such as painting, designing modeling.

Thank you for speaking with us! For our final question, is there anything else you would like to add?

Yes , I would like to just say big thanks to the Most High for gifting me with this talent and shoutouts to all those have been supporting me since day one. Big Love!

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