TOINÉ...A SOULFUL TASTE OF HIP-HOP

Emcee/Rapper/Lyricist | Spoken Word Artist | Model | Actress | Author, UX Engineer......"I Be....limitless, on purpose."

WHO IS TOINÉ HOUSTON?

"Houston" is a name which has dominated the music industry for an extraordinary number of years. Chicago native, Antoinette Houston, a.k.a. Toiné (/ Tow – Na /), is an American Entertainment Artist who is rapidly changing the game for MCs in the Hip-Hop Soul arena. Toiné offers a variety of talents in addition to rapping, ranging from lyrical storytelling and writing to performance art.  Toiné speaks from her experience and wisdom, not superficial glitz and glam. Affectionately known as "Young Flame" in the spoken word community, as a result of her constant ability to spark/ignite emotion from her audiences, Toiné is now using this same spark as a gifted, lyrical wordsmith & hip-hop x soul entertainer.

Toiné has TWO recent releases available everywhere digitally (both with official music videos): "Unapologetic" and "Da Middle". 

Her music and poetry have afforded her opportunities to be featured on and across a variety of TV and Streaming platforms, such as Netflix, NBC, TVOne, PBS and WCIU. From having her single “I Remember” featured on Netflix x Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” Season 2 to personally being featured on the Steve Harvey Show and TVOne’s “Verses and Flow live”, Toiné continues to make her mark in the entertainment industry, one lyric at a time, capturing crowds with her “straight from the hip” delivery. The TVOne Network even nicknamed her, “the Jay-Z of poetry”, after choosing her for her own commercial for the “My Black is Beautiful” Proctor/Gamble campaign!

With three full albums under her belt, Toiné continues to bring a soulfully eclectic mix of Soulful Hip-Hop and House Music, providing listeners a musical journey like none other. Toiné has had several of her songs featured on Chicago’s top R&B and Soul Stations - 106.3, V103 and WKKC. Her latest album, "I Be" perfectly captures Toiné’s embodiment of candor and the freedom of standing in your truth unapologetically, whether it be one’s relationship with self, or one’s relationship with another!...and to cap it all off - Toiné conducted her first UK Tour in Winter of 2019! 

Starting her career as a performance artist as a member of All Hype City, a unique film, theater, sketch comedy and improv production company based out of Chicago, Toiné has shared the screen with seasoned actors such as: Lawrence Fishburne, Delroy Lindo, Shia Labeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Jennifer Beals, Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard, as she’s worked on Contagion, Chicago Code, Transformers 3 & Empire respectively. Off stage, she is a leader in the STEM space, currently serving as a Sr. Lead User Experience Architect for Salesforce, founder of the STEM podcast, "The Experience (W)rap-Up" and animated series, "Eyez Just Saying", a published author of User Experience Research/Design and Data Analytics content and owner of A-n-H D’Zigns, a multifaceted Web/Graphic Design company.

Musical Artist, Engineer, Spoken Word Artist, Model, Author, Motivational Speaker, Actress, Entrepreneur and Founder......Toiné is truly a Jane of many trades, though writing and performing for/to a vast range of audiences (breaking age and color lines) make her unique in her own right.