Tanya Morgan

Infobox musical artist
Name = Tanya Morgan


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = flagicon|USA Cincinnati, Ohio and Brooklyn, New York, USA
Genre = Hip hop
Years_active = 2003–present
Label = Loud Minority
Current_members =Von Pea
Donwill Ilyas

Tanya Morgan is an American hip-hop group from which consists of MCs Donwill and Ilyas, and MC/producer Von Pea. Both Donwill and Ilyas are from Cincinnati, Ohio, while Von Pea is from Brooklyn, New York. Their debut album, "Moonlighting", was acclaimed upon its release in 2006 .

History

Tanya Morgan was founded in 2003. Von Pea and Donwill, already regular collaborators after having met on the okayplayer.com message board, decided to work on a full-length album together. Ilyas, who along with Donwill comprised a hip-hop duo known as Ilwill, joined the project as a third member, and producer Brickbeats was brought in to work on the album as well. Since Von Pea lived in Brookyln and both Donwill and Ilyas lived in Cincinnati, the trio did much of the work on their first album by exchanging files across AOL Instant Messenger.

Prior to releasing their debut album "Moonlighting", Tanya Morgan released an online mixtape, "Sunlighting", and an EP of original material, "Sunset". After Tanya Morgan was featured in "XXL" Magazine's "Show and Prove" column [Lucas, Demetria (Dec. 2005). "Show and Prove: Tanya Morgan". "XXL".] , "Moonlighting" was released on Loud Minority Music. The album received 3.5 mics (out of 5) in "The Source" magazine, [Dufresne, Jessica (Apr. 2006). Review for "Moonlighting" by Tanya Morgan. "The Source".] an entry in the Chairman's Choice column in "XXL", [Chairman Mao (May 2006). "Chairman's Choice". "XXL".] and coverage in "Wax Poetics" magazine [Ntiri, Ed (June/July 2006). "Tanya Morgan is a hip-hop group". "Wax Poetics".] and several other publications and websites.

The group released the first MySpace-themed video for their single "We Be", and it went on to win MTVu's Freshman of the Week contest in July 2006. [(Aug. 2006) " [http://www.emerson.edu/news/emersonians_in_the_news.cfm?editionID=233 Emersonians in the News] ". "Emerson College". Retrieved July 29, 2007.] The "We Be" video was resultantly aired on channels such as MTV Jams, Much Music and nyctv's "The Bridge".

Tanya Morgan has collaborated with hip-hop acts such as Nicolay, Fat Jon, 88 Keys. The group's latest single, "Walk This Way", is currently in regular rotation on XM Radio and several college radio stations.Fact|date=September 2008 The group recently performed at Toronto's NXNE Festival with Noveau Riche, and the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival with Ghostface Killah, Large Professor, Consequence, and others. Tanya Morgan is also a regular at New York's annual CMJ Festival.

Tanya Morgan was voted the winner of the "Show Us What You Got" Hip-Hop Artist Competition, held on October 25, 2007 at the Power Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada.Fact|date=September 2008

Albums discography

*2005: "Sunset" (EP)
*2006: "Moonlighting"
*2008: "Tanya Morgan is a Rap Group" (Mixtape)
*2008: "The Bridge" (EP)

References

External links

* [http://www.tanyamorgan.com/ Tanya Morgan official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/tanyamorgan Tanya Morgan's official MySpace profile]