Three things with Tkay Maidza: ‘My goal was to be the next Serena Williams’
Before she began her career in music, Tkay Maidza had her sights set on dominating a very different field: sport. The rapper and musician played tennis competitively throughout school, and while she now only picks up the racket for fun, those years on the court proved formative.
What I’d save from my house in a fire
My tennis trophies – I’ve got about 20.
Towards the end of high school, I stopped playing – it gave me too much anxiety feeling like winning a match was the be-all and end-all of my life. But tennis is probably the thing that I’ve stuck with for the longest in my life. And I really appreciate the sport because it taught me about productivity, work ethic and that what you put into things is what you get out of it – I wasn’t good when I first started, but I put a lot of hours into it. Those trophies signify all of that for me, and they remind me that I can do things all by myself.
The item I most regret losing
After I moved to LA and got my own apartment here, I asked my parents to send me all the stuff from my bedroom at home. They packed a box full of archive clothes that were custom-made for me to wear on stage at festivals like Splendour in the Grass, trophies from music awards, magazine covers and paintings I’d done when I was younger – all the sentimental things. It got lost in the post along the way and never showed up.
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