TINK

BY IEISHA HAYNES
Trinity Home was born on March 15, 1995 in Calumet
City, Illinois. Her mother, Renae, a gospel singer, and
her father, Thomas, a record producer, met in Chicago
where they were postal workers. Home was
nicknamed Tink by friends in elementary school and
she has used the name ever since. Tink started singing
in church when she was five years old and began
writing songs at age 11, including some for her
father's friends. She attended high school at Chicago's
Simeon Career Academy where she participated in
talent shows and joined the school choir. She counted
English as one of her favorite subjects because it
helped her become a stronger writer.
She started rapping and recording music in her
father's basement studio at the age of 15. At age 16,
she and her brother posted a clip of her freestyling
over Clipse's "Grindin'" to Facebook and received
local buzz.
Tink's career officially began with the release of her
2012's mixtape, Winter's Diary, while she was still in
high school under Lyrical Eyes Management. In 2012,
she followed that up with two more mixtape
releases Alter Ego and B@#$%* & Ballads.
In 2013, the buzz surrounding her mixtape releases
and her collaboration with Future Brown, which led
her to have a meeting with record executives in Los
Angeles , California. At the time Tink noted that she
was comfortable staying independent.