Rocker Tairrie B Goes Back To Her Rap Roots : Noda Luka

Rocker Tairrie B Goes Back To Her Rap Roots

at Dec, 8 2015

Tairrie B Murphy turned 50 this year and after 20 years of fronting metal bands has gone back to her rap roots she began back in the 90’s.

This awesome tattooed lady was one of the first white female rappers back in the old school rap days. A protegee of rapper Eazy-E she launched her solo album in 1990 “Power of a Woman”. Unlikely as it might seem she fit right in with the Compton’s notorious gangsta rap pioneer Eazy-E’s Ruthless family. She kept her own unique style and a killer attitude. Iggy Azalea can thank Tairrie B for paving the way for her and other female rappers.

Rocker Tairrie B Goes Back To Her Rap Roots

Tairrie B and Eazy-E back in the 90's

After her first solo album release she moved into a fusion of rapping and alternative metal styles with the band Manhole which later became Tura Satana. Apparently rapper Ice-T’s band Body Count was a big influence on her to cross over into a fusion of these styles.

Tairrie becomes the frontwoman for her band Manhole and gets her first tattoos

Tairrie was a late starter when it came to her tattoos. She got her first one on the back of her neck saying “Baby Doll” when she was in her early 30’s after leaving an abusive relationship. In an interview with Metal Hammer magazine she said it was a big FU to the person. Tairrie believes as an artist her tattoos are very meaningful for her and part of her soul. She has left and right upper arm tattoos based on religious icons. Although she isn’t a religious person she is drawn to the iconography and symbolism of it.

Tairrie changes the name Manhole to Tura Satana after the busty actress of Russel Meyer's exploitation movie Faster Pussycat Kill Kill

She has a Virgin Mary tattoo with the word "truth" inscribed on a banner

Miss B has got class sipping a brandy for a My Ruin photo shoot

Tairrie B performs screaming powerful vocals with My Ruin

Photo by Al Pulford 2012 "I opened my mouth and let the words pour from my throat. My teeth vibrated as the demons exorcised themselves through the music." – TℬM

Photo by Michele Nightwitch Penfold taken at a My Ruin show in York, England 2014

Photo by Andy Keilen of Rolling Stone magazine of Tairrie B performing 2015 with metal supergroup Teenage Time Killers

Tairrie and husband Mick Murphy in their band My Ruin

Her favorite tattoo is on her right arm and reads “Blasphemous Girl” the same name as her clothing line and custom jewelry. She got the tattoo after being in a car accident in 2006 that almost ripped her left arm off. She went through skin grafts and surgery and was left with a huge scar.

Blasphemous Girl is Tairrie's custom jewelry label and her trademark

Miss B shows off one of her custom made Blasphemous Girl rings

I hope I look this stunning when I turn 50!

In June this year Tairrie revealed she was going back to her old school rap days and launching a new album “Vintage Curses” a west coast rap album full of folkloric witchcraft themed songs and her trademark vicious lyrics. Receiving both high support and criticism from fans and music media alike Tairrie faces a tough crowd but her first release “Beware the Crone” has some killer lyrics and catchy beats.