Tommy Genesis

Biography

Genesis Yasmine Mohanraj, known by her stage name Tommy Genesis, is a Canadian rapper and model. Her music incorporates experimental style and often sexual verses. Her debut album titled Tommy×Tommy22 September 2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Tommy2:44 Genesis×Genesis25 July 2025 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Rainbow Child2:172Butterflies & Diamond Chains4:543Rumi1:334True Blue3:045Loops2:276Genesis4:427Archetype2:468Eve ate the apple4:259She’s Teaching2:26102 Wolves3:1911Gabriel2:4512Amor1:5713Girl’s Girl4:3514Baby are you okay?2:3815Homebound1:3216Farewell4:13 was released in November 2018. Her second album Goldilocks X×goldilocks x10 September 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1Peppermint2:48A2Kamikaze1:36A3A Woman Is a God2:59A4Manifesto2:24A5Wet2:12A6Mmm2:07B1Wild Child2:05B2Men2:19B3Average2:13B4Baby3:27B5Fuck U, U Know U Can't Make Me Cry2:26B6Hurricane3:24 was released in September 2021.

Early life and education

Genesis was born in Vancouver, Canada. She is of Malayali, Tamil and Swedish descent. She graduated from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design where she studied film and sculpture. Genesis is her birth name.

Music

Genesis started recording rap in 2013 as part of a project called G3NESIS. In 2015 Genesis signed with Awful Records and released her debut mixtape World Vision×World Vision2 July 2015 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracks1Hate Demon2:012Shepherd4:133Angelina2:104Bump5:045Potato Head3:456Eden1:587Execute3:318World Vision2:089Hair Like Water Wavy Like the Sea6:44. In 2017 she signed with Downtown Records/Universal. She collaborated with Abra, another artist from Awful Records, on the track "Hair Like Water Wavy Like the Sea" from Genesis's debut mixtape World Vision.
On July 28, 2018, she released the single "100 Bad×100 Bad29 June 2018 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1100 Bad3:03". This song is the second collaboration that Tommy made with the music producer Charlie Heat, with whom she previously collaborated on the 2017 song "Tommy×Tommy22 September 2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Tommy2:44". The song is featured on her debut album, Tommy Genesis×Genesis25 July 2025 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Rainbow Child2:172Butterflies & Diamond Chains4:543Rumi1:334True Blue3:045Loops2:276Genesis4:427Archetype2:468Eve ate the apple4:259She’s Teaching2:26102 Wolves3:1911Gabriel2:4512Amor1:5713Girl’s Girl4:3514Baby are you okay?2:3815Homebound1:3216Farewell4:13 through Downtown/The Orchard. Later, British singer-songwriter Charli XCX released a remix of "100 Bad" on September 7. Her debut album, Tommy Genesis was released on November 9, 2018.
In 2020, she collaborated with American experimental hip-hop artist JPEGMAFIA on the track "Rough 7" from his EP! extended play.
In 2023, she appeared on Lana Del Rey's ninth studio album Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd on the 15th track, "Peppers", which samples her 2015 song "Angelina×Angelina9 August 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Angelina2:10".
In July 2025 she released her 5th LP, simply titled Genesis.

Fashion

Tommy Genesis was recruited by Calvin Klein for their Fall 2016 campaign along with other musical artists. In 2017 she collaborated with rapper M.I.A. at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

Lyricism

Gender and sexuality are common themes in Genesis×Genesis25 July 2025 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Rainbow Child2:172Butterflies & Diamond Chains4:543Rumi1:334True Blue3:045Loops2:276Genesis4:427Archetype2:468Eve ate the apple4:259She’s Teaching2:26102 Wolves3:1911Gabriel2:4512Amor1:5713Girl’s Girl4:3514Baby are you okay?2:3815Homebound1:3216Farewell4:13' music and she has described herself as a "fetish rapper". She is also an advocate against girl-on-girl cyberbullying.