
09/06/2025
Teyana Taylor and Doja Cat, both active in music, fashion, dance, and visual creativity, forged genre-blending paths shaped by bold style and artistic control. Teyana, born in Harlem in 1990, was raised by a single mother who became her manager, signed to Pharrell’s Star Trak at 15, and gained early fame from her My Super Sweet 16 appearance, later rising as a choreographer, singer, actress, and director, acclaimed for her The Album and retiring from music in 2020 to focus on filmmaking and family; Doja Cat, born in Los Angeles in 1995 to a South African actor father and Jewish-American painter mother, dropped out of high school, taught herself music online, and went viral with “Mooo!” before achieving mainstream fame with Hot Pink and Planet Her, winning Grammys and reinventing pop-rap aesthetics. While Teyana balances elegance and edge behind the scenes, Doja thrives in boundary-pushing spotlight—both unapologetically rewriting the rules.