Tiffany “TuKool Tiff” Davis is a Christian rap artist from Charlotte North Carolina who is known for her lyricism, incredible flows, and unique approach to hip hop! TuKool Tiff strives to not only be great at what she does from rap, to singing; songwriting to producing but point the listeners to Jesus while doing so.

Many traditional Christian churches believe that women should wear dresses, or present themselves in a specific way. Davis didn’t exactly fit that mold. “I’ve never been what society would deem as a girly girl [and] all my life, I was called a tomboy,” Davis said. Davis said she didn’t like wearing dresses and was always told she needed to “close her legs” or sit as a girl does. However, other people’s idea of femininity didn’t affect how Davis viewed God because she had always been able to separate personal beliefs from her faith.

In the fall of 2009, Davis entered her first year at Winston Salem State University, where she majored in music with a concentration in music business. She joined Tau Beta Sigma, a co-educational band sorority, and WSSU’s marching band, where she continued to sharpen her musical skills. Davis also received the nickname “Tin-Man Tiff” through the band sorority, eventually translating to her stage name.

Dedicating her talent to God

“I remember hearing the voice of God for the first time,” Davis said. “I was smoking [at a friend’s house], and I was very close to being convinced that He was cool with weed. I went to the bathroom, and everybody else was, you know, still having a good time. And the Lord [spoke to me] and said, ‘Now you’re vulnerable.”

Davis said once she realized she was hearing God’s voice, she began to sober up and really listen.

Before this experience, she said she believed she needed to be intoxicated to make music, but through this encounter, she decided to stop smoking.

Davis told QCity Metro that making music in a sober state helped her to better understand what God wanted her to deliver through her music.

Once Davis began creating music focused on God, she said her creative process shifted. She stopped cursing in her songs which challenged her to expand her vocabulary. Davis also incorporated prayer into her songwriting process, which increased her musical capabilities.

“The more I started to include him in my process of writing with prayer, asking him to use me, my raps, use my lyrics, I went through the roof with what I was capable of doing,” Davis said. “I feel like I’ve always been a pretty decent rapper, [and] I feel like it’s something that has come naturally to me, but the level that I operate in my gift now is only because I gave it back to [God].”

She released her first Christ-centered project, “Time, Space, and Things That Don’t Matter, Pt. 1,” in 2019, which details her personal experience in Christianity through songs like “Me of Little Faith” and “Choke.”

At one point, Davis said she considered medical school to become a surgeon but feels that creating music is her true purpose.

Davis, now 32, has released three albums, five singles, and recently released the song, “Push It.”

She makes music part-time, but hopes to turn music into a full-time career that can sustain her and her family.

“Knowing that I’m reaching [people] where they are, [and] what I’ve given them is something I can be proud of, you know?” Davis said. “I’m giving them nuggets, and I’m planting seeds in their hearts and minds that will yield good fruit for the rest of the world [instead of] negativity.” Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.