Tuka (rapper)

Brendan Tuckerman (born 20 March 1985),^[1] who performs as Tuka, is an Australian hip hop artist from the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. He is a member of Thundamentals and a previous member of Rumpunch and Connect 4. He is also a solo artist, having released three studio albums,^[2] and he co-produces his original music. He supported Horrorshow on their "Listen Close" tour^[3] and in late 2015 toured Australia and the US on his first headline tour to support his third album Life Death Time Eternal (10 July 2015). He felt this album was less introspective.^[4] It peaked at number 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart.^[5]

Tuka
Birth name	Brendan Tuckerman
Born	(1985-03-20) 20 March 1985 (age 40)[1] Medlow Bath
Origin	Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Australian hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, record producer
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2009–present
Labels	EMI Big Village Obese
Website	tuka.net.au

Influences

Tuckerman cites Wu-Tang Clan and "people like Mos Def" as role models when younger (though if it were now, it would be Kendrick Lamar).^[6] Additionally, Tuckerman has described acts such as Urthboy and Ozi Batla of The Herd as musically "super inspiring".^[6]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions shown

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		AUS [5][7]
Will Rap for Tuka	Released: 5 November 2010 Label: Big Village Formats: CD, digital download	—
Feedback Loop	Released: 26 October 2012 Label: Big Village Formats: CD, digital download	92
Life Death Time Eternal	Released: 10 July 2015 Label: EMI Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	6
Nothing in Common But Us	Released: 31 July 2020[8] Label: EMI Australia, Universal Music Australia Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	45 [9]

Extended plays

List of EPs, with release date and label shown

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		AUS [10]
Alive Death Time Eternal Sessions (Live)	Released: 18 March 2016 Label: EMI Formats: Digital download	80

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with year released and album shown

Title	Year	Album
"Just to Feel Wanted"	2012	Feedback Loop
"Die a Happy Man" (featuring Jane Tyrell)
"Too Soon"	2013
"Nirvana"	2015	Life Death Time Eternal
"Tattoo"
"My Star"
"Naked Heart"	2018	Non-album single
"F*ck You Pay Me"	2019	Nothing in Common But Us
"Selling Me Out"
"Trailer Trash"
"Dickheads" (featuring Alex the Astronaut)[11]	2020	Non-album single
"January 1st"[12]		Nothing in Common But Us
"Wish I Knew"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with year released and album shown

Title	Year	Album
"Christmas Number 1" ("Triple J and Friends")[13]	2013	Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Music videos

List of music videos, with year released and director shown

Title	Year	Director(s)
"Time & Space"	2012	Dean Wells
"Die a Happy Man" (featuring Jane Tyrell)		Primo Creative
"Christmas Number 1" (Triple J & Friends)	2013	None
"Nirvana"	2015	Oh Yeah Wow
"Yeah Right"		Tuka & Sean McDermott
"Tattoo"		Adam Callen
"My Star"		Harry Hunter & Mike Williamson

Guest appearances

List of non-single featured appearances, with year released and album shown

Title	Year	Album
"We've Arrived" (Chasm featuring Jeswon, Tuka, Skryptcha, Scott Burns, Rinse & Dialectrix)	2012	This Is How We Never Die
"Tipping Point" (Surburban Dark featuring Tuka & Elemont)	2013	Second Front
"Waste Your Time" (Remix) (Horrorshow featuring Tuka)	2014	Nice Guys Finish Last (B-side)
"House of the Rising Sun" (alt-J featuring Tuka)	2018	Reduxer