Asia'h Epperson

Asia'h Epperson was born August 20, 1988,[1][2] a Joplin, Missouri native. She has a younger brother and sister.[1][2] Asia’h started writing music at the age of 6. Singing became a source of great happiness for her and she did it wherever she could including school, home, and church.[3] Asia'h was a cheerleader while she attended Joplin High School, and won a regional talent competition.[2][3]

Epperson's career began with American Idol when she was 19 years old after she moved to Atlanta.[3][4] Asia’h Epperson caught the attention of the judges during her Atlanta audition, where she sang a tribute to her father, who died two days before in an auto accident.[2] After American Idol she got signed with DefJam and began working with iconic producers Kenneth "Babyface" Edmunds and L.A. Reid.[3] She became a part of the original cast of the musical Hair Show alongside music legend Chaka Khan in 2011.[3] Three weeks before her first musical showcase and release, she was in a devastating car accident injuring a lung, kidney, spleen, breaking her jaw, pelvis, nine ribs, and multiple vertebrae.[3] Her mouth was also wired shut to help her heal.[3] As a result her music career was placed on hold.[3] While healing she continued to pursue her career by meeting a manager and began going to auditions, securing her first guest star role on TNT's Murder in the First.[3] She then went on to play Felicia in the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton.

Epperson then landed her role as Tasha Skanks in Greenleaf.[3][5] In 2018, she played as Bobby Brown's former girlfriend, Kim Ward in the biopic The Bobby Brown Story.[5] Epperson has stated that she enjoys her role as Tasha Stanks stating about her character, "She’s a good woman but on a assignment to do a lot of not good things."[5] Pertaining to Tasha Skanks' character of Greenleaf in season 3 Asia'h states "This season, she is on a mission and that mission to get revenge on the Greenleaf's. She's doing that but having problems with that. Her spirit, her conscience, she’s going back and forth."[5]

Epperson has a love for physical fitness, and became a licensed massage therapist.[3] She has stated that being able to help people, and make them happy makes her happy.[5] Asia'h also enjoys the outdoors, and is a Christian.[3][5]

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