Tomas Tammemets (born: November 18, 1991), known professionally as Tommy Cash is an Estonian rapper. He won Eesti Laul 2025 and he represented Estonia in Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song Espresso Macchiato[2], which finished in 3rd place with 356 votes.[3]
Early life[]
Tomas Tammemets was born and raised in Kopli, a subdistrict of Tallinn.[4] In his childhood, Tammemets recalls running away from the police many times, for painting illegal graffiti.[5] He has said that his drug use led him to be ejected from schooling. Because of this, he never graduated from secondary school, despite sitting exams, he later took up painting and dancing instead of formal education. Although his family spoke only Russian at home, he also became fluent in the Estonian language early on in the local kindergarten and primary school.
Music career[]
2012 - 2014[]
In 2012, Tommy Cash released his first songs, Dusk, Oldkool and Toxic on SoundCloud. In July 2013, he released Deep Purp. On September 26 2013, Tommy released his first music video, Guez Whoz Bak, directed by Janar Aronija.[6] In January 2014, Tommy Cash performed at the Estonian Radio 2 Annual Hit Awards (R2 Aastahitt 2013), where he was awarded for Guez Whoz Bak.[7] In March 2014, Tommy premiered Alien Tears, and performed No Afterparty Without You[8] on ETV. Next day, Alien Tears was released as a single from his upcoming extended play. In July 2014, Tommy Cash released C.R.E.A.M. EP.
2014 - 2017[]
On September 29 2014, Tommy Cash released the music video for Euroz Dollaz Yeniz, the first single from his upcoming studio album. In January 2015, after the loss in two categories (for Music Video of the Year and Hip Hop/Rap album of the Year for Euroz Dollaz Yeniz) on 2015 Estonian Music Awards, he wrote in his Instagram post: "Suck my balls Estonian Music Awards".[9] In 2015, he released Prorapsuperstar and Leave Me Alone music videos. On September 9 2015, Cash collaborated with Russian rave band Little Big on the song Give Me Your Money, with an accompanying music video and web series, titled American Russians, consisted of six episodes released from September 9 2015, to October 14 2015 on YouTube.[10] In January 2017, he won the Estonian Music Award for Music Video of the Year for Winaloto.[11]
2018 - 2020[]
On January 25 2018, at the 20th Estonian Music Awards, Surf won the award for Music Video of the Year.[12] In the beginning 2018, Tommy Cash released a single titled Pussy Money Weed, alongside with the music video. On April 2, at the 2018 Estonian Film and Television Awards, Tommy performed with a new song, Little Molly.[13] On May 30 2018, he released it as a new single. In November 2018, Tommy Cash released a single titled X-Ray, along with the music video, which was set as the lead single from his second studio album. On November 30 2018, he released his second album, ¥€$.
2021 - present[]
On April 2 2021, Tommy Cash released the single Zuccenberg, featuring Suicideboys and Diplo, and announced that a new EP would be released a week later. A five-song Moneysutra EP was released on April 9 2021, with guest appearances from Suicideboys, Diplo, Riff Raff, Bones and Eldzhey. In January 2024, Tommy Cash released Tango, featuring bbno$, along with a music video.[14] He was featured in a new collaboration with Salvatore Ganacci titled Ass & Titties, released on July 12.[15] On November 6 2024, he was announced as one of the participants in Eesti Laul 2025, Estonia's selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, with the song Espresso macchiato. The song was released on December 7 2024. On November 20 2024, he released his third EP, High Fashion. Espresso macchiato went on to win Eesti Laul and it became the Estonian entry for the Eurovision contest in Basel. His Eurovision participation has sparked controversy, with Espresso macchiato receiving backlash by some Italian media outlets and politicians for stereotyping Italian people and culture.[16]
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
- Euroz Dollaz Yeniz (2014)
- ¥€$ (2018)
Extended plays[]
- C.R.E.A.M. (2014)
- Moneysutra (2021)
- High Fashion (2024)
Singles[]
- Guez Whoz Bak (2013)
- Alien Tears (2014)
- Winaloto (2016)
- Surf (2017)
- Rawr (2017)
- Pussy Money Weed (2018)
- Little Molly (2018)
- X-ray (2018)
- Sdubid (2019)
- Mute (by Maison Margiela) (2021)
- Zuccenberg (with $uicideboy$ and Diplo) (2021)
- Benz-Dealer (with Quebonafide) (2021)
- Ferrari (with Riff Raff and Salvatore Ganacci) (2023)
- Tango (with bbno$) (2024)
- Untz Untz (2024)
- Espresso macchiato (2024)
- Ok (2025)
References[]
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/@TOMMYCASHWORLD/about
- ↑ https://news.err.ee/1609513468/second-group-of-eesti-laul-2025-finalists-announced
- ↑ https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2025
- ↑ https://www.allstarz.ee/vaata_artiste/591.html
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/19/tommy-cash-surreal-post-soviet-rap-sensation
- ↑ https://ekspress.delfi.ee/artikkel/67538186/tulevikutaht-2014-ebaharilik-rapihaal-tommy-eua-h
- ↑ https://eeter.err.ee/273549/vaata-aasta-demo-auhinna-voitnud-tommy-cashi-esinemist
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en8oIxyWyYs
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150120043454/http://elu24.postimees.ee/3058773/pahane-tommy-cash-s-k-my-balls-estonian-music-awards
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmqFgOKecSVABG5HEek-K3Nd0Uj7km3Ao
- ↑ https://www.muusikaauhinnad.eu/ajalugu/#1666096934844-f5d9849f-1ee4
- ↑ https://www.muusikaauhinnad.eu/ajalugu/#1666096973638-82972a37-d125
- ↑ https://kroonika.delfi.ee/artikkel/81572027/muljed-botastega-pootsmann-rea-vs-rea-ehk-efta-kivine-kapsaaed
- ↑ https://extravafrench.com/2024/01/14/tommy-cash-et-bbno-reinventent-le-tango-avec-un-clip-surrealiste/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCxxA6RSBxk
- ↑ https://www.adnkronos.com/spettacoli/eurovision-espresso-macchiato-codacons-escluso-ricorso_2y2TJqIwZIESBmgYle2tsb
