2x GRAMMY® Award-Winning ✦ 6x Showtime at the Apollo Winner

The voice on records that made history — and a body of work all her own.

Tarrey Torae is the Chicago-bred singer/songwriter with two GRAMMY® Awards won alongside J. Ivy — The Poet Who Sat by the Door and The Light Inside — and a voice certified on GRAMMY®-winning classics: Kanye West's The College Dropout (38 songs recorded in those sessions) and John Legend's Get Lifted, where she co-wrote and co-sang "Live It Up."

Her own catalog — The Sweetest Survivor, Catching Feelings, and Catching Feelings: Live In Chicago — delivers sultry vocals and soul-stirring R&B, music made "to match life — not trend."

2x GRAMMY® Award winner — The Poet Who Sat by the Door & The Light Inside with J. Ivy
Certified on the GRAMMY®-winning The College Dropout & Get Lifted
GRAMMY® nominated — Catching Dreams with J. Ivy
6x Showtime at the Apollo winner
As seen on Netflix, Tubi & Aspire TV
Toured with Talib Kweli, Common, The Roots & Slick Rick the Ruler

"No one can do what she does. The song 'Live It Up' would not have happened without Tarrey… You should see her on stage. Her performances are full of electricity!"

John Legend

"Tarrey Torae is the Lead Singer in God's Choir!"

J. Ivy · 3x GRAMMY® Winner

four ways

to bring that voice to your stage

Concerts & Headline Sets

A full-band evening of soul-stirring R&B — the Catching Feelings live show that came home to Chicago, built for theaters, clubs, and headline stages.

Festivals & Special Events

Festival main stages, private and corporate events, galas, and tributes — a 6x Apollo-winning performer who reads any room and lifts it.

Universities & HBCUs

Performance plus conversation from a proud Mississippi Valley State alumna — songwriting, the College Dropout sessions, jeen-yuhs, and building a career on your own terms.

In the Studio

Session vocals and songwriting from the writer behind "Live It Up" — the distinct, soulful voice producers from Kanye West to Terry Hunter keep calling.

Now on the road · 2026–2027

The Beauty of the Journey Tour

On the road with 3x GRAMMY® winner J. Ivy — 33 cities across four continents, from Chicago to Cape Town. Routing now for presenters, festivals, and universities.

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