Tasha Cobbs

Tasha Cobbs Leonard was born Natasha Tameika Cobbs on July 7, 1981, in Jesup, Georgia, to Bishop Fritz Cobbs and Pastor Bertha Cobbs. She began her career leading worship at her family’s church, Jesup New Life Ministries. She released her major label debut album, Grace, in 2013, which included the single “Break Every Chain.” That song later received RIAA Platinum certification.

Her subsequent albums include One Place Live, Heart. Passion. Pursuit., Royalty: Live at The Ryman, HYMNS, and TASHA. Among her singles is “You Know My Name.” She has received numerous honors, including three Grammy Awards, sixteen Stellar Awards, fifteen GMA Dove Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, and one NAACP Image Award. She was named Billboard's Gospel Artist of the Decade.

Alongside her career as a recording artist, Cobbs Leonard serves as an executive pastor alongside her husband, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., at The Purpose Place Church in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She also founded her own record label, TeeLee Records.