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There are more than one artists named Toi: 1) 'TOI' is a six-person band from Wellington, New Zealand. Previously known as 'Tunes Of I,' the band creates a mixture of funk, soul and pop music and is known for their live performances. 2) TOI, pronounced “toy” and sometimes mistakenly referred to by the name of its website “TOI Kingdom”, is a Filipino indie musical group whose musical range includes folk rock, blues, jazz, and electronic music, often in some experimental combination. Conceived in 2007 by Mei Tayengco, Pat Tirano, and Pauline Diaz, the group was named TOI in acknowledgement of Tayengco’s vision of the group as “a plaything created by three minds.” Tirano and Diaz form the musical core of the band, with numerous other musicians contributing to the band’s sound over the years, while Tayengco serves as the band’s artistic manager of sorts. 3) Female Christian Rapper, Toi, was born and raised in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. By the age of 9, Toi had developed a passion for creating music that contained storytelling lyrics, mimicked after the styles and topics of popular Hip Hop music during that era. As she grew older, the music she created was a reflection of her own real life experiences and things she witnessed while growing up. During her early childhood, she resided with her family members in a Saint Louis neighborhood known as Walnut Park, where she was exposed to nothing less than the “hood” lifestyle. Living in that area of the city, she witnessed eve