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Daisha McBride, The Rap Girl, Can Do Anything

McBride has channeled her performing abilities, affably clever personality and college-level industry studies into her own version of artistic and professional equilibrium in Music City.
Daisha McBride, The Rap Girl.

Daisha McBride, The Rap Girl, has channeled her performing abilities, affably clever personality and college-level industry studies into her own version of artistic and professional equilibrium in Music City.

The moniker that Daisha McBride embraced right out of the gate, The Rap Girl, isn't an inside-joke nickname or cute handle. It's more like a sweeping claim to singularity, which she's backed up by cultivating a distinct persona and promotional savvy alongside her chops, and by playing up her crossover compatibility in the process.

Growing up in Knoxville,

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